Fossil SCM

Update to the "how the download page works" document to talk about how Source Tarball links are now computed on-the-fly.

drh 2021-06-16 13:10 trunk
Commit 8f4fd8c1d8b27574e4be76fef2aa423a6152ccf80bb1946b34de8bdb4353be4b
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--- www/aboutdownload.wiki
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for a list of all unversioned files. Javascript in the
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[/uv/download.js?mimetype=text/plain|download.js] file (which is
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sourced by "download.html") then figures out which unversioned files are
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build products and paints appropriate icons on the displayed
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download page.
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+
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+Except, the "Source Tarball" download products are not stored as
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+unversioned files. They are computed on-demand by the
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+[/help?cmd=/tarball|/tarball web page].
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When a new version is generated, the developers use the
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[/help?cmd=uv|fossil uv edit] command to make minor changes
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to the "[/uv/download.js?mimetype=text/plain|download.js]"
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file so that it knows about the
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--- www/aboutdownload.wiki
+++ www/aboutdownload.wiki
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@
11 for a list of all unversioned files. Javascript in the
12 [/uv/download.js?mimetype=text/plain|download.js] file (which is
13 sourced by "download.html") then figures out which unversioned files are
14 build products and paints appropriate icons on the displayed
15 download page.
 
 
 
 
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17 When a new version is generated, the developers use the
18 [/help?cmd=uv|fossil uv edit] command to make minor changes
19 to the "[/uv/download.js?mimetype=text/plain|download.js]"
20 file so that it knows about the
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--- www/aboutdownload.wiki
+++ www/aboutdownload.wiki
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@
11 for a list of all unversioned files. Javascript in the
12 [/uv/download.js?mimetype=text/plain|download.js] file (which is
13 sourced by "download.html") then figures out which unversioned files are
14 build products and paints appropriate icons on the displayed
15 download page.
16
17 Except, the "Source Tarball" download products are not stored as
18 unversioned files. They are computed on-demand by the
19 [/help?cmd=/tarball|/tarball web page].
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21 When a new version is generated, the developers use the
22 [/help?cmd=uv|fossil uv edit] command to make minor changes
23 to the "[/uv/download.js?mimetype=text/plain|download.js]"
24 file so that it knows about the
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