20 Apr
2006
20 Apr
'06
9:09 p.m.
On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 19:00 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
Dana Olson wrote:
Alright, understood...
SF has been reliable for me for many years. They're bound to run into
problems occasionally, and so it happened as you said.
For another example of where I think using SF would have benefitted us
as a community, have a look at LinuxSampler's homepage. Since December,
you have been unable to download source tarballs, because they
experience a hardware failure. This made packaging a PITA, especially
for someone as new to making .debs as I am, because whenever possible,
you are encouraged to use the source tarball releases, and not a CVS
checkout. But we had no choice.
In any case, ok, I understand where you guys are coming from.
The point is, it has been reliable for thousands
of projects, including
several of my own. Where is Specimen's page right now? Nowhere. If it
was on SourceForge, we'd all be able to get to it.
I was merely offering a suggestion to benefit the community as a whole,
but you all see fit to ridicule me. That's great, thanks.
Sorry, Dana, I certainly wasn't ridiculing you. Unfortunately, your
suggestion came at a time when SF has been a beeyatch to work with over
the last month or so. See the Csound list, the Common Music list, and so
on. And this isn't the first time they've been a pain.
Apologies extended. The irony was in my face and I did not resist
temptation. I rarely do: I never know if it'll come again... ;)
Best,
dp