[Bug 695625] ftpadmin install --force $tarball fails to do what it says on the tin

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https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695625
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--- Comment #2 from Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com> 2013-03-12 09:16:47 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> I'll remove that option.
>
> Note: I have scripts which download the tarball automatically. At the moment
> within 3 minutes of you releasing the tarball, but ideally I want to grab it
> within seconds. I should not be the only one doing this.

OK. So it looks like I have to do a new bump release then.

> If you want to re-release a version, then IMO it should not be easy. At least
> it needs an email to distributor-list.

This is the first time that I've ever needed to do it, but I can see a good
reason for needing this option, like the case in the bug linked in comment #1.
The actual code hasn't changed, it's the tarball itself that's wrong. Sadly
comparing 0.15.3 to a 0.15.4 (or next version) would show 0 differences, all
because the tarball was uploaded incorrectly. Are you sure I can't convince you
to allow an option like this to override an existing release tarball? :)

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