Linux dist - which one? or where?
Brad Fuller
brad at sonaural.com
Wed Feb 16 20:55:11 UTC 2005
Where does one dnl the correct Linux distribution?
When going to http://www.squeak.org/download/index.html I am presented
with two links
* The "Master Squeak Unix site" at
http://www-sor.inria.fr/~piumarta/squeak/
This site lists 3.6 as the stable release and a version of 3.7 (3.7b-5
-- I guess that means beta version 5).
and
* ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/Smalltalk/Squeak/3.7/unix-linux/
This site contains tars for version 3.7-5989.
(BTW: a tar file that looks like a source of version 3.6 is there
also. don't know why)
Shouldn't there be one place to dnl? (mirrors are ok as long as they are
identical, these don't appear identical)
I'm confused.
- Is the *nix 3.7 in beta, stable (released), or "?"
- are the 3.7 files identical at these two sites (the filenames aren't)?
- If 3.7 is the current stable release (it is according to this post at
the swiki: http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak.388), why doesn't the
Master Squeak Unix Site have this as a stable release?
Suggestion (and I'm sure this has been discussed before resulting in
good recommendations):
why not provide the 3 platform-independent files for all platform
downloads. That'll make them all consistent. Maybe at the top of the
squeak.org site, there is a link to these 3 files (and the sources file
couldn't be g zipped).
Then, below this selection, provide the platform dependent file for each
specific OS?
Maybe the current way was decided because the goal was to make it easy
for windows/mac users? -- but they are just zip/sit files, not
auto-installers. So, I don't see that it's that much convenient.
If the reason that there are different links for each platform is
because each VM is released at different times, then perhaps change the
process: all final versions (stable release) are not completed until all
VMs are completed.
brad
PS
I like RPMs (I'm running FC3 right now), but I'm happy to build if I
know what I'm getting.
As mentioned before, I'm creating audio tools -- but I need them to run
identically on 3 platforms: mac, win and Linux (understanding the
current audio issues with Linux). So, maybe this helps to identify my
particular predicament. Still - it would be nice to see clear
distribution in general.
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