Re: sf.net download page

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On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:58:53 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:

> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > Somebody needs to update the download pages at sourceforge.net.
> >
> > Or... I'll just throw this one out again. Why don't we remove
> > those ;-) Previously there was actually a reason for it, since they
> > provided http downloads and our own mirror network only provided
> > ftp. But our network now supports both http and ftp downloads, so I
> > don't really see the point of keeping them. And since we have a
> > tradition of updating them weeks or months after the actual
> > releases, let's just drop them?
> >
> > (For the record, they've had about 100 downloads so far this year,
> > compared to about 2.5 million from the main site.)
>
> With 100 downloads this year it is hard to argue that it is worth the
> effort keeping the sourceforge files. Just point them at
> www.postgresql.org and be done with it.

Consider that it was a 100 downloads, unmaintained. It is a false test
of legitimacy.

Maintain it, actively for one year, then post the statistics. That is
going to be the only way to assess even remotely accurately if it is
worth it.

Now.. if we don't have the resources, then sure let's dump it.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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