From cb12cd8c04316a76f616f79195d02c83d2c6c132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:21:51 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] prepare for a versioned release tree --- AltOS/index.mdwn | 15 ++++++++++----- AltOS/releases/current | 1 + AltOS/{ => releases/old}/Altos-Linux.tgz | Bin AltOS/{ => releases/old}/Altos-Mac.zip | Bin AltOS/{ => releases/old}/Altos-Windows.zip | Bin 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 120000 AltOS/releases/current rename AltOS/{ => releases/old}/Altos-Linux.tgz (100%) rename AltOS/{ => releases/old}/Altos-Mac.zip (100%) rename AltOS/{ => releases/old}/Altos-Windows.zip (100%) diff --git a/AltOS/index.mdwn b/AltOS/index.mdwn index 917678a..33e65b6 100644 --- a/AltOS/index.mdwn +++ b/AltOS/index.mdwn @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ works identically on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems! ### User View ### -Documentation is coming soon, but in the meantime, +More documentation is coming soon, but in the meantime, most operations in the second-generation GUI are pretty easy to figure out. ### Developer View ### @@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ most operations in the second-generation GUI are pretty easy to figure out. The source is available from [git.gag.com](http://git.gag.com) in the project [fw/altos](http://git.gag.com/?p=fw/altos;a=summary). -### Linux ### +### Pre-Built Binary Packages by Platform ### + +#### Linux #### If you use [Debian](http://www.debian.org), then a pre-built package for 32-bit x86 is currently available here: @@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ If you use [Debian](http://www.debian.org), then a pre-built package for apt-get install altos If you use some other distribution of Linux, then -a [Linux package](Altos-Linux.tgz) of our second-generation Java bits that +a [Linux package](releases/current/Altos-Linux.tgz) of our +second-generation Java bits that should run on any distribution with a modern Java version is also available. Unlike the Debian pacakge, which depends on various libraries already part of the Debian distribution, this package includes a "fat" jar @@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ directory in the source tree (the themes are included in the Debian package). ### Mac ### -A [Mac OS X package](Altos-Mac.zip) that is compatible with +A [Mac OS X package](releases/current/Altos-Mac.zip) that is compatible with versions 10.5 "Leopard" and later (including 10.6 "Snow Leopard") is now available. The Mac operating system includes Java, and all Altus Metrum products show up as simple USB serial ports, so this should just work @@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ other than upgrading to a newer operating system. ### Windows ### -Our [Windows package](Altos-Windows.zip) is known to work on XP and +Our [Windows package](releases/current/Altos-Windows.zip) is +known to work on XP and 32-bit Windows 7 Enterprise. If you don't already have Java installed, download and install a current Java 6 version from [java.com](http://java.com) first. Then download our zip and extract the files. Windows already has @@ -91,3 +95,4 @@ clicking on the 'altosui' program should work to launch the user interface. Reports of success or failure with other versions of Windows would be appreciated! +### [All Pre-Built Binary Packages](releases/) ### diff --git a/AltOS/releases/current b/AltOS/releases/current new file mode 120000 index 0000000..489ce0f --- /dev/null +++ b/AltOS/releases/current @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +old \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/AltOS/Altos-Linux.tgz b/AltOS/releases/old/Altos-Linux.tgz similarity index 100% rename from AltOS/Altos-Linux.tgz rename to AltOS/releases/old/Altos-Linux.tgz diff --git a/AltOS/Altos-Mac.zip b/AltOS/releases/old/Altos-Mac.zip similarity index 100% rename from AltOS/Altos-Mac.zip rename to AltOS/releases/old/Altos-Mac.zip diff --git a/AltOS/Altos-Windows.zip b/AltOS/releases/old/Altos-Windows.zip similarity index 100% rename from AltOS/Altos-Windows.zip rename to AltOS/releases/old/Altos-Windows.zip -- 2.47.2