Stable latest version download link

[ulrichwisser]

Hi,
I would like to automatically download the latest stable version of FRR.
Currently the version number is part of your release asset filename.
Unfortunately that doesn't allow for stable URL for the latest release.

github has a mechanism for this

https://github.com/icann/icann-rdap/releases/download/v0.0.21/icann-rdap-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

becomes

https://github.com/icann/icann-rdap/releases/latest/download/icann-rdap-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

Would be nice to have this feature for FRR.

[ydahhrk]

I'm not terribly enthusiastic about removing the version numbers from the final official file names...

But it occurs to me that I can add version-free clones of the files.

Eg. Upload fort-1.6.6.tar.gz, and also fort.tar.gz. These files will be identical.

Once 1.6.7 releases, it will include its own fort.tar.gz, and at this point I can delete 1.6.6's fort.tar.gz. (Since latest will not point to it anymore.)

Sounds good?

Do you only need the .tar.gz, or do you need all of them?

[ulrichwisser]

Sorry for the late reply, been traveling.
I would only need the deb file, but I guess it would be interesting for the other version of the release too.

[ydahhrk]

Ok, they're uploaded.

• https://github.com/NICMx/FORT-validator/releases/latest/download/fort_amd64.deb is the same as fort_$LATEST-1_amd64.deb.
• https://github.com/NICMx/FORT-validator/releases/latest/download/fort.tar.gz is the same as fort-$LATEST.tar.gz.

[ulrichwisser]

The link works exactly as expected!
Thank you!

Why is there only an amd64 deb package, no x86? And vice versa for rpm?

[ydahhrk]

Why is there only an amd64 deb package, no x86? And vice versa for rpm?

Mm... because nobody has complained about it, basically.

And momentum. I'd have to figure out how to do it.

Also, I don't really have a framework for testing in other architectures ATM. If I uploaded other packages, I'd be hoping for the best. Though the risk of an issue at that level is probably low.

If you need a quick fix, it seems Debian does automatically produce binaries for everything:

• Homepage
• Ports

If you want this feature, feel free to open a new issue for it. If you can help, these are the scripts I presently use to produce the release files.

[ulrichwisser]

Thanks for all your help!