The idea works well from the user perspective as long as a new tarball
gets generated every time a patch gets generated. This may work if the
Trinity server(s) can handle the extra load, but until we know this,
I'm cautious about supporting the idea.

On 10/16/10, Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@...> wrote:
> Although SVN provides a direct route to testing patches for the next 3.5.13
> release, I want to propose making tarballs available too.
>
> Many people are motivated to test newer versions but do not have the
> bandwidth, computer horsepower, or inclination to support SVN.
>
> I propose providing directories just like those for downloading the 3.5.12
> tarballs. The directories would be explicitly named 3.5.13-testing or
> something similar.
>
> When 3.5.13 goes live and official, all we should need do is just change the
> name of the directory.
>
> Darrell
>
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