is there some reason the file name for the daily builds changes all the time? If you could pick a file name and stay with it, that would help mac testing immensely because then links to the mac daily builds wouldn't break and people could download the software on a regular basis. There are two problems. 1) you put the milestone number in the file name. Since the milestone changes from time to time the link is guaranteed to be broken if i don't happen to think of updating the link when the tree branches. 2) You change the rest of the file name too! The mac builds used to be MozMacInstaller* but now they're MozillaInstaller*.

Let me explain: Yes, we had a good reason to change the file names for the mac daily deliveries. Installer file names had to be changed, (see bug #33595) and to have a coherent automation, encoded file names changed as well. they are now 'MozillaInstaller- M16.sea.bin' and 'mozilla-mac-M16.sea.bin' for the self-extracting archive. We should stick with these file names unless another related bug appears (or a marketing request, or whatever). I don't have change file names for the fun of it, but usually to improve something that might not be obvious at first sight. This explains problem #2 you mention above. regarding "problem" #1, the milestone is part of the filename in order to be able to differienciate the different builds. I think other platform should fo the same ;-). Now, how difficult is it to updated the links once per milestone? I understand that I should have informed you about this change in the file naming convention, but didn't. My mistake. If other changes occur in the future, I will make sure you know about them. marking fixed.

jj... is there anything i can do to convince you that the filenames don't need the milestone number in them in the regular builds? The directories on ftp.mozilla.org describe the milestone well enough, i think, and latest should always be the last build, even if it does come from a branch. We can maybe change the behaviour of the delivery for milestone candidate builds to not deliver to latest, or deliver a different filename when there is overlap. What do you say?

Actually its a big headache updating file names all over the doc tree when the milestone changes. I don't want this extra busy work every milestone. If you remove the number from the file name the process will Just Work without any human intervention just like it does for other platforms.

ok, I'm ready to make the necessary code changes to BuildCentral to remove the milestone suffix from the installer filename. Proposed changes are: - installer name before beeing encoded will be changed to 'Mozilla Installer' - the corresponding encoded file (ftp) will be named 'MozillaInstaller.sea.bin' Things that won't change: - the directory name will continue to end include the milestone, i.e. '2000-05-24-20-M16' - the self-extracting archive file name will remain 'mozilla-mac-m16.sea.bin'. To change this, simply modify the <public_folder_name> value in the BuildCentral settings file. No code change is necessary. - Netscape 6 file names don't change (Netscape6-mac and Netscape6Installer) Let me know if this proposal is ok with you and I'll rev BuildCentral accordingly.

That looks fine to me. Although it would be nice if the file name had the word "mac" in it somewhere for the benefit of executive types looking at server logs. This is minor though. I'll be happy with just what you've done already. Thanks!

Added 'Mac' to the _beginning_ of the file name, using a 'patch' in order to preserve the automation in place which defines the bits name based on the top folder name before compression & encoding. (i.e. "Mozilla Installer" becomes 'MozillaInstaller.sea.bin', 'Netscape 6 Installer' becomes 'Netscape6Installer.sea.bin'). now we will have 'Mozilla Installer' -> 'MacMozillaInstaller.sea.bin' and 'Netscape 6 Installer' -> 'MacNetscape6Installer.sea.bin' Leaf/Jon, let me know if this needs to be in for M16, I have the patches ready to be applied to Bassman at any time.

sounds great, let's check that bad boy in.

fixed. I updated BuildCentral to reflect the suggested changes. (together with the changes for the MRJ plugin) the notification email should show the new names in the urls.

sweet. thanks, jj. I cleared out the old filenames from the "current" directory and on the mozilla ftp server as well. verified.