Re: Download from Google Code gets wrong file

2009-11-16 Thread Darren Pearce
I agree with the logic about the zip file. But with other file types (e.g. JNLP files), deploying and testing really is necessary. See Issue 3296 for a discussion of this issue. :D On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:01 AM, zwetan wrote: > > > > > Yes, in an ideal world downloads should be immutable. Bu

Re: Download from Google Code gets wrong file

2009-11-14 Thread zwetan
> > Yes, in an ideal world downloads should be immutable.  But this > doesn't allow for the "create a download, try it, oops its broken, fix > it" sequence of typical development activities that I've been going > through with my new project.  Sure I could (and have) tested my > download file local

Re: Download from Google Code gets wrong file

2009-11-13 Thread Darren Pearce
Hi Martin, I don't represent Google but I was involved in the discussion you point to. I plan on filing an issue about caching. I said I would do this ASAP but I have been unwell. I will do my best to create the issue tomorrow (I need to go to bed now!). Your use case sounds very common to me so i

Re: Download from Google Code gets wrong file

2009-11-13 Thread Martin Taylor
I see now that there's been another discussion of this issue: http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting/browse_thread/thread/61b471c6e41cf893# where this was said: "Downloads are, by and large, meant to be immutable. It is good to have a stable URL for software releases. With this use cas

Download from Google Code gets wrong file

2009-11-13 Thread Martin Taylor
I've started a new Google Code project and am having a lot of difficulty with the downloads tab. As I test the download and install from here: http://code.google.com/p/robotframework-autoitlibrary/downloads/list on various platforms (WinXP, WinVista, Win7) I'm finding and fixing problems. Then I