Download-Area: master-latest is missing

[buhtz]

In the past there was a https://builds.jabref.org/master/JabRef-linux-master-latest.tar.gz but you removed it.

Now there is a deb file and also a tar.gz but not with a linux-master-latest.

I have a download script fetching the current latest version. I do not want to visit the website all the time to check out the current version number just for downloading.

[koppor]

Somehow a duplicate of #2953.

The discussion is going on there: #5312 (comment) and #5312 (comment)

[Siedlerchr]

Should be now the https://builds.jabref.org/master/JabRef-portable_linux.tar.gz

[koppor]

The link you mentioned is a portable version including a JRE. The original question demanded a plain `jar` (where one installs the JRE by oneself - maybe due to space savings on the local machine, because of using multiple Java-based programs) Am Mo., 7. Okt. 2019 um 10:36 Uhr schrieb Christoph <notifications@github.com>:

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Should be now the https://builds.jabref.org/master/JabRef-portable_linux.tar.gz — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[tobiasdiez]

There is no such thing as JRE 11, see https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/11-relnote-issues-5012449.html

In this release, the JRE or Server JRE is no longer offered. Only the JDK is offered. Users can use jlink to create smaller custom runtimes.

Using jlink is exactly what we did (and what produces the portable version).

So the real question is: do we want to add symlinks for all installer/packages?

[Siedlerchr]

The problem is that whenever we update a dependency, the jlink image might be affected and changed, if I understood this correctly.

[koppor]

We discussed that maintaining links causes effort in our release. The discussed links are targeting power users always wanted the latest version. Since our filenames are now "stable" between releases, it should be a minimal effort to update the links (e.g. replacing 1 by 2 after 5.1 is released) after a release.

@Codeberg-AsGithubAlternative-buhtz Hope, this is OK for you?