On 12/16/2012 03:44 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > On 2012/12/16 9:21 AM, Damon McDougall wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Jason Grout >> <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote: >>> On 12/14/12 10:55 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >>>> sourceforge's horror of an interface. >>> I'll second that. Every time I go to Sourceforge, I have to figure out >>> how in the world to download what I want (and I have to figure out which >>> things *not* to click on too). >> Ok sounds like there is a reasonable amount of resistance towards >> Sourceforge. >> >> Eric, when you suggest that NumFocus could 'provide hosting directly', >> do you mean they would have the physical hardware to host the files, >> or are you suggesting they provide the finances to seek hosting >> elsewhere? > I was thinking that perhaps NumFocus would be running a server that > could provide the hosting. Funding for an external service is also > possible, though, and might make more sense.
I'll definitely walk down the hall and talk to my local Numfocus board member ;) As for S3, their free tier is clearly insufficient -- I thought I'd get a hold on the cost of paying for it. Our storage requirements are ~150MB per release (for all of the different binaries) (though likely to grow over time), so saying it's useful to have the last ~6 or so releases live at any given time, that's ~900MB -- let's call it 1GB. Our transfer requirements after a release seem to peak at around 1.7TB/mo, about 67,000 requests, after a release (though presumably amortized over time, it's lower). This is also likely to grow over time, of course. So, I think we've got: 1,700 GB transfer @ $0.12/GB = $204.00 70,000 requests $0.01/10,000 = $0.07 1GB storage @ $0.095 = $0.10 That's a bit steep to cover with donations alone. In any event, this is a useful assessment of what this is really worth (and what our eyeballs are worth to advertisers on Sourceforge ;) Perhaps, as Skipper suggests, with a little investment in automation tools for SourceForge that may remain the best option. The Sourceforge download experience isn't terrible if we provide direct links to the downloads on our own website. wxPython has done this for years, and AFAIK they have not run in to any problems. The links even work without a web browser (though, for example, wget and curl). Cheers, Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
