[ubuntu-mythtv] Rename ISOs for cleaner URLs

Mario Limonciello superm1 at ubuntu.com
Fri Oct 5 04:14:21 BST 2007


Do symlinks so that nothing is broken for now.

I've done this for uk.cdimages

Nick Fox wrote:
> I move to strike!
> 
> 
> ...I don't know why..
> 
> I will clean my server up later as well, are you changing the links in
> the script at the site? Or do I need to add symlinks?
> 
> -Nick
> 
> On 10/4/07, *Ben Dailey* <ben at inspiredtechs.com
> <mailto:ben at inspiredtechs.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Everyone,
> 
>     Is there any objection to renaming the ISOs so the URLs are cleaner
>     by replacing the ~ with a -? It appears some browsers expand ~
>     (tilde) into %7E which causes some tracking issues in the redirect
>     script database. I would recommend that the current release have
>     symlinks made for the new names. I have both my mirrors fixed. If
>     there is no opposition to the change can mirrors reply back with
>     there mirror name and the fact that they have the symlinks in place
>     so the download links can be updated. How would this affect the
>     torrents? Here is a php script to create the symlinks:
> 
>     <?
>     symlink("mythbuntu-7.10~071002-amd64.iso","mythbuntu-7.10-071002-amd64.iso");
>     echo "symlinked mythbuntu-7.10~071002-amd64.iso to
>     mythbuntu-7.10-071002-amd64.iso";
>     symlink("
>     mythbuntu-7.10~071002-amd64.iso.md5sum","mythbuntu-7.10-071002-amd64.iso.md5sum");
>     echo "symlinked mythbuntu-7.10~071002-amd64.iso.md5sum to
>     mythbuntu-7.10-071002-amd64.iso.md5sum";
>     symlink("
>     mythbuntu-7.10~071002-i386.iso","mythbuntu-7.10-071002-i386.iso");
>     echo "symlinked mythbuntu-7.10~071002-i386.iso to
>     mythbuntu-7.10-071002-i386.iso";
>     symlink("mythbuntu-7.10~071002-i386.iso.md5sum
>     ","mythbuntu-7.10-071002-i386.iso.md5sum");
>     echo "symlinked mythbuntu-7.10~071002-i386.iso.md5sum to
>     mythbuntu-7.10-071002-i386.iso.md5sum";
>     ?>
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Ben
> 
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Mario Limonciello
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