1.1.3 can't upload addon from within the game

[Doctornull]

This new addon:
http://te4.org/games/addons/tome/new-gems

Was forked from this old addon:
http://te4.org/games/addons/tome/new-ge ... ystal-race

The old addon is abandoned and will not be updated, but it seems to be blocking my ability to upload the new addon from within the game -- when I try to upload the new addon, the upload fails with the message "you don't own this addon".


Since addons tend to be open source, it's pretty reasonable to assume forking will happen more than just this one time, so I think it would be better for the uploader to check the pair (addon-shortname, developer-name) rather than just the single string (addon-shortname).

[darkgod]

Nope, not a bug, short_name has to be unique, for many reasons

[Doctornull]

Nope, not a bug, short_name has to be unique, for many reasons

I'm able to upload to te4.org manually, but not within the game.

At least one of these is a bug

Still, I think it's short-sighted to rely on short_name alone rather than the pair (short_name, developer_name). Since addons tend to be open source, it's pretty reasonable to assume forking will happen more than just this one time. Why screw over everyone who tries to fork an addon?

[darkgod]

Yeah te4.org is the bug

And no, it doesnt screw anybody; it's your fork, so it's your addon, it should have a unique name

[Doctornull]

Yeah te4.org is the bug

And no, it doesnt screw anybody; it's your fork, so it's your addon, it should have a unique name

The old one is abandoned: could you delete that, so mine (the new, active one) will upload?

Thanks!

[darkgod]

Nope, things will break if data disappear. Just rename the short_name.
I can make the old one hidden though

[Doctornull]

Nope, things will break if data disappear. Just rename the short_name.
I can make the old one hidden though

What will break if the new one's short_name no longer matches its previous version?

Can you re-name the old one's short_name?

[darkgod]

You don't understand, the shortname is the unique id of an addon. They can not change. I'm not sure why you want so much to use the old shortname ?? Just use a new one

[Doctornull]

You don't understand, the shortname is the unique id of an addon. They can not change. I'm not sure why you want so much to use the old shortname ?? Just use a new one

Because I've already got ~10 releases on the page with that old name.

It's going to be annoying for everyone who uses the addon.

Not a huge problem for me, but kinda needlessly frustrating for everyone else. :-/

[StarKeep]

Best to get into the hang of doing it the right way earlier than later.
I had the same issue with Faerie, but everybody found the new addon post easy enough by me redirecting the main forum post, and adding a new forum post to the thread saying why I had to switch over.