Andrew Ziem wrote:
Hello,
With 2.4 on the horizon, is there anything that should be done to
prevent new premature release announcements such as below? They bypass
the typical download links such as http://www.openoffice.org and
http://download.openoffice.org .
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjA2MA
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Open_Office_2_3_released_today
http://digg.com/linux_unix/OpenOffice_org_2_3_0_released_already
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=62190
http://dailyapps.net/2007/09/openoffice-230-is-now-available/
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/92793/index.html
http://mattscuppa.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/forget-about-microsoft-office-with-openofficeorg-23/
http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2007/09/openoffice-230-leaks-to-mirror-sites.html
... and many others
If it is agreed this is a problem, I see a few potential solutions:
1. Uploading files to mirrors with the same timing but disabling
download access until the official release time
2. Putting a friendly policy notice in places such as
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoRelease24
3. After the fact, asking each site to change its links
Andrew
Is this draft policy acceptable?
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/PolicyMirrorLinking
Otherwise, I think we soon may see direct links to 2.4.0 on places like
Digg.
Andrew
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