dropbox / dropbox/nautilus-dropbox

Confusing packages for plain Linux downloaders

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Description

Hi,

I switched to Manjara Linux (Arch Linux) a day ago. I'm not a Linux newbie, but when you try to download the `latest installer package` for Linux, you are met with a list of eleven (11) packages that all have the same date and no clear indication of which one is the most recent. I picked the `nautilus-dropbox-2.10.0.tar.bz2` package, guessing that it was the most recent version.

My install worked fine, though, until I had to change `/usr/bin/python` to point at `python3` because of wanting to use the GNOME Extension Manager in Chromium. Then Dropbox suddenly stopped launching, even when I manually started it from GNOME. Eventually, I launched it directly from the console, to see what was going on, and was greeted with the "Incorrect shebang line" error (that `dropbox` earlier on referenced `python` instead of `python2`), which I manually fixed.

So what I am trying to say is that I'd like to suggest that you only keep the most recent package in the `latest installer package` folder and move all the others out of the way so that we end-users can spend our time on other things than debugging and wanting to report already fixed issues :-)

Cheers,
Archfrog

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Research direction

The issue names the Linux “latest installer package” folder but no repository file or test. Start by locating how Linux release artifacts are selected and published, then inspect the current package list and Python shebang handling. Done means the latest package is unambiguous and older packages are no longer presented as current.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux, python
Domain
operating-systems, release
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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