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<pre>>Jacek,
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> But core team don't agree to do so, because you don't keep old tarballs.
>><i> It might cause some problems when a rebuild is needed and maintainer wasn't
</i>>><i> able to update the package right when a new version was released, or a
</i>>><i> regression occurred. Could you please keep one previous tarball?
</i>>
>
>Thank you for considering to add Cinelerra-GG to the Solus repo. Your
>consideration is appreciated.
>
>We have always kept the previous month's tarballs and packages in the "old
>directory" for just one month. For example, the current month which in
>this case for March (until later today!!) is always in:
>
><a href="https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/download/*tars*/">https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/download/*tars*/</a>
><a href="https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/download/pkgs/">https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/download/pkgs/</a>
>
>The previous month's which in this case is February's build is always at:
>
><a href="https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/download/*old_tars*/">https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/download/*old_tars*/</a>
><a href="https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/download/old_pkgs/">https://www.cinelerra-gg.org/download/old_pkgs/</a>
>
>Perhaps the confusion is the date on these files - which differs because we
>are in the United States but the server is in the European Union. We
>always build the new versions on the exact last day of each month unless we
>have a problem or expect a problem.
>
>*Your core team is absolutely following best practices by insisting to keep
>old tarballs*. If necessary we could probably keep an additional month but
>we "grew up" in the days when disk space was at a premium and old habits
>are hard to break. Let us know. GG/Phyllis</pre>
Thank you so much for your reply,</div>
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The problem I have is simple. When you package for Solus, there is a line:</div>
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source: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-</span><a href="https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/pkgs/src/cin_5.1.20190331-src.tgz" title="https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/pkgs/src/cin_5.1.20190331-src.tgz" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://cinelerra-gg.org/download/pkgs/src/cin_5.1.20190331-src.tgz</a></div>
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And when you release a new version, the file gets transferred to a different directory (/old_pkgs), so the URL no longer works. So when maintainer wasn't able to update it on time, or simply is testing a new version and wants to delay the update for a few days,
if a rebuild is needed, it will fail.</div>
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So one month back is enough, just please, if only it's possible, keep old packages at the same URL. Actually, the only one we need is the /pkgs/src/*-src.tgz, so if you don't feel like you need to do it for all files, please at least do it for this one.</div>
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Jacek Jagosz</div>
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