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Fwd: Filetype text please for release notes on SF
by keithmarshall
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Henry Nestler wrote to me privately:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ : > If I click on "Notes/Subscribe" for latest upload of autoconf, > then Firefox (3.5.3 under Linux) ask only where to store this > binary (!) file. > > I know, that the new FRS on SF is not very user friendly for > uploaders and downloaders too. > > But, you can make the accessable of "release notes" a tick better > for users by adding file extension ".txt" to the file > "autoconf-2.63-1-msys.RELEASE_NOTES". Than, the user can choose > direct view in an editor. > > Here is an example by me: I don't see the problem Henry reports, with Firefox-3.0.14 on my Ubuntu-8.04-LTS box; however he may have a valid point. If simply adding a .txt extension to RELEASE-NOTES files will improve the user experience, I see no reason to refuse to accommodate this, at least in the case of future package releases. Obviously, since SF doesn't allow us (readily) to rename files, to provide this retrospectively for existing releases may entail some significant effort, and I'm not going to demand that anyone should embark on that; if anyone would care to undertake it voluntarily, then please step forward. -- Regards, Keith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ MinGW-dvlpr mailing list MinGW-dvlpr@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr |
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Re: Fwd: Filetype text please for release notes on SF
by keithmarshall
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On Friday 06 November 2009 13:17:02 Keith Marshall wrote:
> [adding .txt extension to RELEASE-NOTES files] > > Obviously, since SF doesn't allow us (readily) to rename files, to > provide this retrospectively for existing releases may entail some > significant effort, and I'm not going to demand that anyone should > embark on that; if anyone would care to undertake it voluntarily, > then please step forward. Henry has now responded with the following update... > You not need change any, because SF has changed it now. > The niew URL for "Notes" is with apending a "/view", and this > works as view in browser frame. so I guess no action is required. It may still make sense to add the extension, for future RELEASE-NOTES files, just to make it clear that their content is plain text. -- Regards, Keith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ MinGW-dvlpr mailing list MinGW-dvlpr@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-dvlpr |
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