PWS and Lost Packages (was: 3.6 "full" packages)

Giovanni Giorgi jj at objectsroot.com
Sun Jul 27 14:26:15 UTC 2003


Hi Daniel!

On Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 01:04 PM, Daniel Vainsencher wrote:

> [...]
> If swiki attachments are not reliable places to put up packages, then 
> we
> should stop doing so. The idea that a package is removed from the 
> image,
> it's code put up in unreliable storage and then lost really bothers me.
>
> [...]
> Assuming we have a server with web space available (I don't know if
> modules.squeakfoundation.org is available for this use, but if not, we
> can find another), does anyone have an idea for a scheme that allows
> anyone in the squeak community to upload their packages into one place,
> without it becoming a warez exchange site?
You can open a project on SourceForge.
They have a good internet connection, too.
Then you must only update the squeak map to match a new Sourceforge 
relase
Best, the autentication is not very strong, but it is quite secure 
because only project manager can upload files.
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