Re: gnupload --help examples

[Karl Berry]

    Erm, the --rmsymlink and --delete options work on all remaining files up
    to the net --rmsymlink, --delete, or -- option.  So that -- really needs
    to be there.  Or we need to change the semantics of these optinos.

Ok, my mistake.  I think that should be pointed out explicitly.
(See below.)

    Kind of thinking that all GNU developers should
    be able to test upload functionality there.

That would be ideal, but it seems like a major departure from the way
uploads work now.  I don't want to ask the FSF sysadmins to devote time
to such an idea.

However, it occurs to me that we can ask Sergey if he could easily set
up such a thing at his hosting site.  I'll do that.

    Almost anything can be tested.  

True enough, but in this case it would require creating an ersatz
package foobar with "maintainers" being everyone who wants to test,
which all seems like a time-consuming pain to me.  I'd rather not.

    It's more of a question whether the work required to actually make
    it work exceeds the potential benefits.

Indeed.  Anyway, let's not wait to push the new help message, ok?

By the way, is there any documentation anywhere beyond the help message?
(I'm not volunteering, just wondering. :)

Thanks,
k

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1. Upload foobar-1.0.tar.gz to ftp.gnu.org:
  gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:foobar foobar-1.0.tar.gz

2. Upload foobar-1.0.tar.gz and foobar-1.0.tar.xz to ftp.gnu.org:
  gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:foobar foobar-1.0.tar.gz foobar-1.0.tar.xz

3. Same as above, and also create symbolic links to foobar-latest.tar.*:
  gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:foobar \\
           --symlink-regex \\
           foobar-1.0.tar.gz foobar-1.0.tar.xz

4. Upload foobar-0.9.90.tar.gz to two sites:
  gnupload --to alpha.gnu.org:foobar \\
           --to sources.redhat.com:~ftp/pub/foobar \\
           foobar-0.9.90.tar.gz

5. Delete oopsbar-0.9.91.tar.gz and upload foobar-0.9.91.tar.gz
   (the -- terminates the list of files to delete):
  gnupload --to alpha.gnu.org:foobar \\
           --to sources.redhat.com:~ftp/pub/foobar \\
           --delete oopsbar-0.9.91.tar.gz \\
           -- foobar-0.9.91.tar.gz