NetBSD Problem Report #41340
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Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 21:24:27 +0000 (UTC)
From: cemkayali@eticaret.com.tr
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Subject: Confusing and/or useless directories under ftp.netbsd.org
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>Number: 41340
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: Confusing and/or useless directories under ftp.netbsd.org
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat May 02 21:25:00 +0000 2009
>Last-Modified: Sun Aug 14 20:00:59 +0000 2011
>Originator: Cem Kayali
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Hello!
Please notice following FTP directories and/or files are either useless or confuse visitors:
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch
It confuses because people think this is the directory where you can browse versions by arch but not! It is full of very old content. I suggest removal or rename.
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD-5.0
This directory is empty. (Should it be empty?)
- There are many symlinks/hardlinks and they confuse visitors and hard to understand which one is correct -- although they generally point same content. I suggest a README note instead of symlinks.
For example:
Which one is the directory for compiled packages? If you use Firefox, you can not see symlinks and think about twice which one is correct one:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages > actually points to current-packages in same directory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages > /{arch} points to ../NetBSD/{arch}
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD > actually target of above and {arch}/version points to ie; version_2009Q1
Which one is directory of latest pkgsrc.tar.gz?
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/current-src
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current
Well, i suggest unique content and readme files or little notes instead of symlinks/hardlinks.
Regards,
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Responsible-Changed-From-To: standards-manager->misc-bug-people
Responsible-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:00:59 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
Not a standards compliance issue.
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