Oh and one detail I forgot:  The naming convention for the entire
package (zip file) containing the release should also be followed by the
contained .image and .changes files.  This is not the case in 3.10.

Ken

On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 17:16 -0500, Ken Causey wrote:
> I don't believe the 3.10 release is in a state that we should consider
> complete and final.  My complaint does not concern anything about the
> image contents, there are perhaps concerns there as well but I do not
> intend to address them here.  What I'm concerned with is the appearance
> to someone who is looking for the latest release of Squeak.
> 
> My ideal example of a release is 3.8:
> 
> http://ftp.squeak.org/3.8/
> 
> You find here both basic and full images clearly labelled.  There is a
> gzipped sources file.  You also find platform support directories.
> There is also an ISO file for a CD which I don't really remember
> anything about.
> 
> By the way I've had some complaints about gzipped source files and the
> lack of support for ungzipping on all platforms.  Perhaps we should
> rethink that?
> 
> I could also wish for README, LICENSE, and maybe NEWS files.
> 
> The 3.9 release
> 
> http://ftp.squeak.org/3.9/
> 
> is not too bad.  They changed the filename convention to the worse in my
> opinion.  There is a new sources file (gzipped).  There are also
> platform support files although RiscOS is missing (Tim wasn't interested
> any longer?).  There is no full image and the image there is not clearly
> labelled as Basic.
> 
> The 3.10 release
> 
> http://ftp.squeak.org/3.10/
> 
> is not even close.  Firstly this is the development directory and really
> there probably should be a new cleaned up directory with only the
> release and related files, not the interim releases.  The release file
> is named correctly (I brought this up with Edgar seperately).  There is
> no platform support, there is no sources file, there is no full image.
> There are certainly not my wished for text files.
> 
> My comments here of course represent my idea of a release.  I think it's
> something we should discuss and try to form a clear policy on so that
> future release teams have a target to aim for.
> 
> Ken
> 
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