I agree as well. The problem with the movement from SourceForge to GitHub is that it has to be done by Wei Dai, as he is the authority to change the links on the homepage. But nonetheless, I'll upload a standard copy of 5.6.2 on my GitHub Acc asap, so people can find the original and the fork more easily.
BR JPM Am 29.05.2015 um 11:12 schrieb Ruben De Smet: > I agree. > > Please move the svn repositories to git and push them to github. git svn > should do the job pretty well. This will make collaboration a lot easier > too, and github is a lot more trustworthy atm. > > > We had this discussion earlier, and afaik people wanted to move to git > for a lot of reasons. > > Thank you > > Ruben > > On 29/05/15 01:29, Zooko Wilcox-OHearn wrote: >> https://sourceforge.net/blog/gimp-win-project-wasnt-hijacked-just-abandoned/ >> >> Notice the part where they say "Mirrored projects are sometimes used >> to deliver easy-to-decline third-party offers, and the original >> downloads are always available.". >> >> In other words, they replace some of the packages they host with >> variants that have added spyware or adware bundled in. >> >> This is obviously an egregious security vulnerability, as well as a >> slimy practice that surely taints the reputation of everyone involved. >> >> I think it is past time for Crypto++ to divorce itself from >> SourceForge in all possible ways. I just finished transferring several >> old abandoned projects of mine from SourceForge to github. Wasn't >> hard. >> >> Here's a more detailed story about this issue: >> >> http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/646118/a5b8924c2576ecf1/ >> >> Regards, >> >> Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn >> >> Founder, CEO, and Customer Support Rep >> https://LeastAuthority.com — Freedom matters. >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]. More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crypto++ Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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