how to download newest version

[Geert Janssens]

Op dinsdag 20 december 2016 09:04:00 CET schreef John Ralls:
> > On Dec 20, 2016, at 7:20 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> > wrote:> 
> > Op maandag 19 december 2016 17:53:27 CET schreef lj:
> >> John Ralls wrote:
> >>> SourceForge has some secret algorithm for setting the download links on
> >>> the
> >>> project page (the big green button and the "Looking for the latest" line
> >>> just under the header). It's supposed to figure out the latest release
> >>> based on the OS your browser user-agent string reports, but sometimes
> >>> goes
> >>> off somewhere else.
> >> 
> >> I'm pretty sure you have to set that yourself. Not secret or magic. Not
> >> automatic either. This lets the SF project admin decide what is the
> >> default.
> >> 
> >> Browsing around your download area on Sourceforge, I see that
> >> gnucash-2.6.11.bz2 is currently the default download for Linux + BSD +
> >> Solaris, gnucash-2.6.13-setup.exe is the default download for Windows,
> >> and
> >> Gnucash-intel-2.6.13-1.dmg is the default download for MacOSX. That's
> >> probably not what you want.
> >> 
> >> You can change these when logged in as project admin in the download file
> >> list. Click on the "i" to the right of the file, and check the boxes for
> >> platform. You should designate 1 file as the default download for each
> >> platform.
> > 
> > Indeed. I remember doing this in the past and have now corrected the
> > defaults for gnucash 2.6.15.
> > 
> > I *thought* I even documented this in our release process... Lo and
> > behold!
> > It's still there in the Sourceforge section :)
> > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Release_Process#Sourceforge_file_uploads
> > <http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Release_Process#Sourceforge_file_uploads>
> I had just cleared the settings on older versions. They override an
> underlying algorithm that's supposed to feed the most recent release
> automatically. That algorithm worked correctly when I tested on all three
> OSs last night.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
Ah, that would be better still. Shall I undo my changes or will you ?

Geert