[Project_owners] FTP on mozdev [was: last day to vote]

Michael Vincent van Rantwijk, MultiZilla mv_van_rantwijk at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 29 06:30:05 PST 2007


Brian King wrote:
> Michael Vincent van Rantwijk, MultiZilla wrote:
>> I would only allow the use FTP (optional) to upload XPI and JAR files 
>> because the source code should be fully transparent and available in a 
>> readable format, at all times, as in Open Source projects should let 
>> people see/have a look what was changed during development over time, 
>> but how should this work with for example FTP?
> 
> I think ideally FTP should be limited to www/ and downloads/, with the 
> choice to also use CVS for these folders.
> 
> src/ should be CVS only.
> 
> - Brian

Exactly, and in the latter case we can generate the hash codes on the 
fly, by borrowing (parts of) the PHP code from AMO ;)

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Michael Vincent van Rantwijk
- MultiZilla Project Team Lead
- XUL Boot Camp Staff member (ActiveState Training Partner)
- iPhone Application Developer



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