Comments on: Explanation of snapshot file name dates

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:42:00 +0000

I am still not convinced that this naming scheme is the best option. Aside from the format issue, which just adds another favor.

If there would be a unique build number in the name all confusion could go away. It gets increased (automatically) whenever a change to the CVS tree has been committed. Otherwise the snapshot server just rebuilds with the same number but maybe a new file date.

By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:57:00 +0000

I second this, the majority of developers may be US-based, but the majority of users are probably not.

By: Rupert

Rupert — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:37:00 +0000

I live in the UK but work on both sides of the pond, so this is a common issue for the first 12 days of every month!

These days I use YYYY-MM-DD for all dates. It removes confusion regardless of which way around you normally write months and days. Added bonus is looking at a directory full of files starting pfSense-YYYY-MM-DD.* will all be shown in date order if I'm sorting alphabetically.

I normally rename my downloads to add dates anyway, but developers might like to consider switching date formats for universal appeal.

Thanks for all the hard work!

Rupert