Hi Salvatore,
some productivity software are no longer up to date, I don't see the reason to delete them if they work and some like them,
If that would to be the case for those files you uploaded then yes i would agree.
however you used to write here in the forum if you had some problem with an archive, for example I was wrong to upload and asked for removal, but I understand that currently there are very few resources and time
Yes, and unfortunately very limited, so please forgive me for acting all grumpy.
That is why ALB42 has setup a fully automated build-server
here And that is something completely different then downloading stuff from ALB42's (front)webpage (instead of looking a little further down on that page) and upload it to the archives. The stuff upfront is just that: "a front-page" and one which is hopelesly out of date. That is why furtherdown that same page are some links that direct you to the URL i've just posted.
So instead of pestering people with a 3.1.1 trunk version from 2017 and a 3.01 release from around that same era it would be better to have uploaded the latest of the latest and doing so every night again and again and again and again ..... now perhaps you can see the uselessness of that ?
I find it very usefull and normal to upload a full release version (or a trunk version from time to time if it is interresting enough for AROS/Amiga(OS)/MorphOS), and for sure i will do so (if ALB42 does not beat me to it).
The versions you've uploaded are not (officially) supported anymore: not by me, not by ALB42 and not by the Free Pascal development team itself. So that is asking for trouble for those people using it. I neither have the time to explain all this and having to guide those into cleaning up the mess and making a new install as well as am unable to provide support for these versions.
fwiw: i seem to remember having had a similar discussion with wawa (at least he asked
) regarding the sources of Free Pascal for AROS. These are stored at the Free Pascal svn servers and as such does not have to burden the AROS source-tree or Aros archives. Again the latter could probably do with a source-release when a new point release is made. But then again Free Pascal itself keeps track of point releases as well and can all be found on their ftp servers (and that includes the sources for supporting AROS, Amiga(OS) and MorphOS).
If you really want to preserve then preservate the MUI class wrappers that ALB42 wrote. Afaik there are only 2 places in existence where they reside a) on ALB42's buildserver and b) on ALB42's github account. (well i have a copy of them as well
).
have a good day
I thank you and despite my perhaps negative way of communicating i wish you all the best. Like i said: i understand that you probably have the best of intentions.
