Re: Download link to "current devel" version

[Urs Liska]

Am 28. März 2015 11:51:27 MEZ, schrieb Phil Holmes <address@hidden>:
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>From: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
>To: "Federico Bruni" <address@hidden>
>Cc: "lilypond-user Mailinglist" <address@hidden>
>Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 8:12 AM
>Subject: Re: Download link to "current devel" version
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>> Am 28.03.2015 um 07:38 schrieb Federico Bruni:
>>>
>>> Il 28/mar/2015 07:33 "Federico Bruni" <address@hidden
>>> <mailto:address@hidden>> ha scritto:
>>>  >
>>>  > Il 28/mar/2015 02:48 "Urs Liska" <address@hidden
>>> <mailto:address@hidden>> ha scritto:
>>>  >
>>>  > >
>>>  > > Is there a way to point links to the "current development
>version"
>>> download, i.e. a way to have a link in a program that automatically
>>> downloads the current version, without having to manually supply the
>>> version?
>>>  > >
>>>  >
>>>  > I'm curious: are you working on a Frescobaldi feature?
>>>  >
>>
>> No. As I'm so busy with "das trunkne Lied" and openlilylib at the
>moment I 
>> don't have any capacity to think in that direction.
>>
>> But of course, if we had a generic way to address the current stable
>and 
>> development version downloads we can use that for letting Frescobaldi
>
>> install or update LilyPond versions.
>>
>> Yesterday I realized that I had forgotten to update the LilyPond
>version 
>> in the automated test script we now have for openLilyLib, and that
>was 
>> what made me think about the issue.
>>
>>>  > I can't find anything that you might use here:
>>>  > http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/
>>>  >
>>>  > But you can take another approach: use the /development and
>/stable
>>> alias defined in lilypond.org <http://lilypond.org> htaccess to find
>>> "dynamically" the new download links.
>>>
>>> Oops, forget it. This is true for documentation only. Download pages
>are
>>> always the same:
>>>
>>> http://lilypond.org/download.html (stable)
>>> http://lilypond.org/development.html (unstable)
>>>
>>> But I guess that you need a permanent link. It should be asked to
>>> linuxaudio.org <http://linuxaudio.org>
>>
>> OK, I will see what I can get from them.
>>
>> Best
>> Urs
>
>
>Since the installers are all version specific (which I approve of: I
>keep 
>them all separate in a single downloads directory) I don't believe you
>can 
>link to a simple "development installer".  You would need to parse the 
>download pages.
>

Ah, OK, that would be possible.
However, the most convenient interface would be a generic symlink on linuxaudio 
that (automatically?) gets updated when new versions are uploaded.. 

Urs

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>Phil Holmes