Kay Diederichs schrieb: > > Hi Justin, > > I wrote to George privately (didn't realize that it was a CCP4BB > posting) and repeat it here: > "well, the plan was to release binaries that _do_ have updates, but > the testing takes more time." > > There are two reasons why XDS binaries are time-limited: > a) new binaries usually have improvements over the old ones, and > time-limited binaries give people the latest and greatest version. > > b) XDS is developed by a single person (Wolfgang Kabsch), and > supported by at most two (if I count myself as one of them). In this > situation, previous versions of binaries are a support nightmare. This > speaks against the "environment variable" solution that you suggest. > > How long does it take to download the tar file, unpack it and copy the > binaries over the old ones? > > best, > > Kay Hi Kay,
for me there is no problem in installing new binaries often. It is the other way round, I love to test new version. What I suggested was more a reply on what George asked: "Is it really essential to _*force*_ users to update XDS every four months..." You're arguments truly right. And it is your decision whether you give the user an "unsupported" way to skip update or force the to do an update. Thanks, justin P.s. For all gentoo users it is pretty easy, the package will bump with the release of a new version Mr. Kabsch. -- Justin Lecher Institute for Neuroscience and Biophysics INB 2 - Molecular Biophysics II Research Centre Juelich GmbH, 52425 Juelich,Germany phone: +49 2461 61 5385
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