From 91f348f8b129eb2dfded0708a0d010db80621175 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louis Abel Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 14:11:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update ISOREADME --- .../empanadas/templates/ISOREADME.tmpl | 21 ++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/ISOREADME.tmpl b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/ISOREADME.tmpl index 19ad140..565308d 100644 --- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/ISOREADME.tmpl +++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/ISOREADME.tmpl @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ that match the given ISO. You will see the following formats: * Rocky-X.Y-ARCH-TYPE (ISO File) * Rocky-X.Y-DATE-ARCH-TYPE (ISO File) +* Rocky-X-latest-ARCH-TYPE (Symlink) * Rocky-ARCH-TYPE (Symlink) X will be the major release. @@ -18,19 +19,15 @@ The second format is in the case of rebuilt ISO's, in the case of addressing a bug or providing an updated image (eg for a newer kernel, a newer secure boot shim, and so on). -The third format in the list is a symlink to the "latest" ISO. Currently, this -is not advertised on the main site, but there may be potential for this in -the future as a value add. +The third format is also in the case of a rebuilt ISO. This will always point +to the absolute latest ISO of its type. This is used for osinfo and may be +used on our main website. This serves as a predictable method to download +the latest ISO whether from curl/wget or using libvirt that relies on osinfo +to provide the download URL. -This is "unversioned" ISO symlink is for these cases: - -* A pre-determined download location for users/mirrors/service providers who - want an always available and deterministic download location, which can be - easier to script - -* osinfo database / libvirt use where if a user selects Rocky Linux X, it - should be aware of and be able to download from that location. This should - be fully supported in Rocky Linux 8.7 and 9.1, and future Fedora versions. +The fourth format in the list is a symlink to the "latest" ISO. This was +originally used as part of osinfo and has been carried over for backwards +compatibility reasons. If you have any questions, please reach out to us: