On 24.11.2011 15:15, Ross Finlayson wrote: >> It seems that at <http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public> only the latest >> source tarball is published. Is there an URL where older tarballs are >> available? > > No, see > <http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#old-versions> > and > <http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/faq.html#latest-version> > > >> They are needed especially for maintained distributions (in our case >> OpenEmbedded[1] related distributions like Ångström[2]), where it is not >> acceptable to switch to a latest version every few days. > > I don't understand. Nobody is making you switch to the latest version > whenever it comes out (although it's a good idea to stay reasonably > up-to-date, and it's very easy to do so). If you are using an older version > of the code, then you have it. Why do you need a web site to access a > version of the code that you already have??
The OpenEmbedded related distributions are used by many developers and companies developing for embedded devices. They are not distributed as a set of binaries or source archives, but as a set of metadata describing where to fetch the sources, and how to build, install, and package them. So someone who like/need to build a distribution needs to be able to download the specified versions over a longer time. > It's important to understand that this software - unlike some others - does > not have separate 'stable' and 'experimental' releases. Instead, there's > just one release, and it can be considered 'stable'. I understand that. But i think there's no need to hide older versions to others (i do not know any other project following such a strategy). On the contrary. In my opinion making older versions available helps others to identify problems and suggest solutions for it. BTW: It would be OK for us, if the project history would be available in a public code repository (e.g. svn or git). Regards, Steffen Sledz -- DResearch Fahrzeugelektronik GmbH Otto-Schmirgal-Str. 3, 10319 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 30 515932-237 mailto:sl...@dresearch-fe.de Fax: +49 30 515932-299 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Michael Weber, Werner Mögle; Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg; HRB 130120 B; Ust.-IDNr. DE273952058 _______________________________________________ live-devel mailing list live-devel@lists.live555.com http://lists.live555.com/mailman/listinfo/live-devel
