| From: | Martin Baute |
| Date: | 23 Aug 2000 at 15:21:04 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Amiga tool inclusion... |
Hello Ray
On 23-Aug-00, you wrote:
> Uploads containing readmes that do not conform to a predetermined set of
> headers simply will not be made available for download.
<snip>
> Also, I have always planned that the web interface will have an HTTP
> upload facility (assuming one is using a browser that supports this
> feature) where the author can have the .readme created on the fly, by
> filling the proper information into a form. Of course, regular FTP
> uploaders won't benefit from this but I want to make it easy for surfers
> to upload to the site as well.
The HTTP form can easily be configured to reject incomplete forms.
I guess you don�t want to check every FTP upload manually. A
checker for FTP uploads can check the .readme for completeness,
and send out an e-mail to the uploader if minimum criteria are not
met. If no uploader e-mail is given, bad luck.
Yes, this sounds very good. It would make creating a Version Watch
for these archives a breeze.
But: What about ports? I have seen several ports of non-Amiga
software on Aminet which have _two_ versions - one for the
version of the original program (like e.g. v5.7 for RCS) and one
for the Amiga port (HGWRCS 20, thanks a lot Heinz!). Any idea
for this? Like an additional "Port Version:" field?
Regards
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