[llvm-dev] Inconsistent release version availability

[Tom Stellard via llvm-dev]

On 09/22/2019 02:15 AM, Ruben Van Boxem via llvm-dev wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Since the move to Github, LLVM release tarballs are available on GIthub next to the main releases.llvm.org <http://releases.llvm.org>.
> Problem is, neither contains all release tarballs, which makes it difficult to use a single versioned URL to download LLVM and subproject releases.
> 
> These releases are hosted completely on releases.llvm.org <http://releases.llvm.org>:
> everything pre-7
> 7.0.0
> 7.0.1
> 8.0.0
> 9.0.0
> Unavailable:
> 7.1.0
> 8.0.1
> 
> These releases are hosted completely on github releases:
> 7.1.0
> 8.0.1
> Partially as tagged autogenerated zip:
> all the rest.
> 
> The issue is that now I can't download LLVM component tarballs from a single URL.
> 
> I don't know what the idea is (keep releases.llvm.org <http://releases.llvm.org> or move everything to github releases) and I don't really care which you end up using; but the current situation is just plain broken.
> Can the release tarballs for older releases (and 9.0.0) be made available on Github or vice versa, can the newest point releases for older versions be made available on releases.llvm.org <http://releases.llvm.org>?
> 

After the github transition is complete the binaries will be hosted on github.
I am also going to look into adding a redirect, so that the old release.llvm.org
link structure still works as a number of people have raised this same issue.

Thanks,
Tom


> Thanks!
> 
> Ruben
> 
> 
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