{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/788","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/788/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/788/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/788/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/788","id":118591519,"number":788,"title":"Remove the releases from GitHub","user":{"login":"marcelstoer","id":624195,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/624195?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer","html_url":"https://github.com/marcelstoer","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/marcelstoer/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":18,"created_at":"2015-11-24T11:52:01Z","updated_at":"2015-12-12T16:28:37Z","closed_at":"2015-12-12T16:28:37Z","body":"With my PR #560 the `pre_build` directory was removed (only on `master` and not on `dev` :disappointed: ). I believe we should also drop all binaries in https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/releases.\r\n\r\nInstead we could add a \"synthetical\" release that contains only a README-style document that explains why there are no pre-built binaries (anymore) and suggest ways how to build the firmware.\r\n\r\nWhenever I come across a blog post or the like which explains how to download an NodeMCU release from our GitHub repo I leave a comment or contact the author and tell them why it isn't such a good idea (anymore)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/comments/164165579","html_url":"https://github.com/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/788#issuecomment-164165579","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodemcu/nodemcu-firmware/issues/788","id":164165579,"user":{"login":"TerryE","id":690173,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/690173?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE","html_url":"https://github.com/TerryE","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TerryE/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-12T16:28:37Z","updated_at":"2015-12-12T16:28:37Z","body":"We've removed the prebuilt folder from both master and dev, and agreed that we should use gihub releases.  I think that this closes this issue."}}