[vbox-dev] Test builds expire too soon... (Multi-monitor issue)

[Kalogrianitis Socratis]

On 6/Οκτ/2016, at 16:25, Alexey Eromenko <al4321 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I want to test MultiMonitor fix for v5.0 series. (bug #16028)
> 
> I tried to download:
> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds
> https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-5.0.27-110660-Win.exe
> 
> But it already expired.
> I would like to ask you to increase expire time from 2 weeks to 6
> weeks for those test builds.

TestBuilds do not expire. TestCases, might. I believe that TestBuilds have a "CurrentMajor.CurrentMinor.(Current+1)-build" version, whereas the TestCases have a "CurrentMajor.CurrentMinor.51-build" version (anyone care to confirm that?). Slight difference, but you had me there for a moment.

I just noticed that in ticket #16028 (https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/16028) your reported VirtualBox version is 5.0.26, so naturally you were seeking the 5.0.27-... TestBuild. And those are not at all expired. They're non-existent. The links in the TestBuild page are pretty much ... wrong.

@admins
How about adding a link to the https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/ directory directly, and be done with it? Something like http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/ . Simple, straightforward, no need to update the Wiki page every time. Just a thought...

Socratis