[Live-devel] older source archives

[Steffen Sledz]

On 24.11.2011 15:15, Ross Finlayson wrote:
>> It seems that at <http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public> only the latest source tarball is published. Is there an URL where older tarballs are available?
> 
> No, see
> <http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#old-versions>
> and
> <http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#latest-version>
> 
> 
>> They are needed especially for maintained distributions (in our case OpenEmbedded[1] related distributions like Ångström[2]), where it is not acceptable to switch to a latest version every few days.
> 
> I don't understand.  Nobody is making you switch to the latest version whenever it comes out (although it's a good idea to stay reasonably up-to-date, and it's very easy to do so).  If you are using an older version of the code, then you have it.  Why do you need a web site to access a version of the code that you already have??

The OpenEmbedded related distributions are used by many developers and companies developing for embedded devices. They are not distributed as a set of binaries or source archives, but as a set of metadata describing where to fetch the sources, and how to build, install, and package them.

So someone who like/need to build a distribution needs to be able to download the specified versions over a longer time.

> It's important to understand that this software - unlike some others - does not have separate 'stable' and 'experimental' releases.  Instead, there's just one release, and it can be considered 'stable'.

I understand that. But i think there's no need to hide older versions to others (i do not know any other project following such a strategy).

On the contrary. In my opinion making older versions available helps others to identify problems and suggest solutions for it.

BTW: It would be OK for us, if the project history would be available in a public code repository (e.g. svn or git).

Regards,
Steffen Sledz

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