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PP - Generic preprocessor (with pandoc in mind) - macros, literate programming, diagrams, scripts...
http://cdelord.fr/pp
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Pre-built binaries #57

Closed holmboe closed 6 years ago

holmboe commented 6 years ago

There are pre-built binaries provided for Windows and Linux at the CDSoft website, which is nice, but there are two problems I would like to raise:

  1. The downloads are provided on a unencrypted, and therefore MITM:able, connection. Please use HTTPS.
  2. The downloads are not versioned, e.g. downloading http://cdsoft.fr/pp/pp-linux-x86_64.txz does not reveal which version I am downloading. Please use pp_latest_linux-amd64.txz, but also provide pp_2.3.4_linux-amd64.txz (note that I adapted the filename similar to the Debian naming convention to separate the name, version and architecture). This way I am able to download previously released binaries.

I would also recommend using the releases-page on your GitHub project to host those pre-built binaries.

My use-case for the above request is that I want to include your preprocessor in an automated build system and want to make sure that I get the same pp each time I refresh my build environment.

tajmone commented 6 years ago

As for point 2, the download page offers binaries downloads with files named with version:

http://cdsoft.fr/pp/download.html

The link you mentioned is to get the latest release, but previous releases are always available. I too have created a project that relies on specific versions of PP, and therefore use the links found at the download page (older versions are kept for download).

CDSoft commented 6 years ago

Hello, As pointed by @tajmone all versions are available here: http://cdsoft.fr/pp/download.html. I also have changed http urls to https. But keep in mind that the recommended way to get PP binaries is to compile them from the sources.

holmboe commented 6 years ago

Summary: it seems that 2 was already solved and 1 was solved by adding HTTPS to the instructions at http://cdsoft.fr/pp/index.html#installation

Thanks @CDSoft and @tajmone