[jbosstools-dev] Why are we still using internal urls on download page instructions ?

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

On Mar 19, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Nick Boldt wrote:

> Well, either this is a regression from when the jboss.org Magnolia pages when haywire

That could explain it.

> or we never bothered to change this because we're not respinning the old 3.0 and 3.1 sites anyway so what difference does it make if people are updating from one never-to-be-updated site or another?

because a year later you or someone else will say "we didn't do it for the 3.0 and 3.1 sites so why do it for 3.3 and 3.4 etc." :)

/max

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> On 03/19/2012 10:39 AM, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> Just came by http://www.jboss.org/tools/download/stable/3_0_GA and noticed our instructions still says:
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>> Rather than unpacking the zips below, you can install this release by pointing Eclipse at http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/JBossTools-3.0.3.GA
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>> vs
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>> Rather than unpacking the zips below, you can install this release by pointing Eclipse at http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/helios/
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>> ?
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>> Telling users to point to a fixed URL which never will see updates is wrong AFAIK and I thought we extinguished those long time ago in public instructions ?
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>> /max
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