On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:36:56 +0100 Luk Claes wrote: > Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > > Hi Luk, > > > > On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:43:26 +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > > > >> Will you upload a fixed version to unstable anytime soon? > > > > What do you mean with a fixed version. Is it Mathematica7.0 > > which Drew wants? > > Well, subject says it all AFAIK?
While wondering why this is blocker for Lenny I thought I write my thoughts on this: 1. It's easy to write a script that parses the current page and extracts the link to the file, but that would just move the problem: When the page is renamed or restructured, the script won't work in the same way the current approach with a full file link does break. 2. The new file is a tarball (good) with a completelly different structure as the old .exe (bad) and a different set of files (very bad) - some are renamed, some are new (Bitstream Vera etc). => quite a work to make that work nicely with the old versions. IMHO that is nothing we should fix in a rush intil Lenny gets released, but for r1 but in a stable and proper way. -- Bruce Schneier Fact Number 811: Bruce Schneier uses numbers out of a finite, uncountable set in his passphrases.
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