NetBSD Problem Report #41340

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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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