On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Damon McDougall <damon.mcdoug...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu> wrote: >> 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 ;) > > At the 6th Annual Scientific Software Day here at UT Austin, I met and > spoke to Travis Oliphant regarding funding for hosting our binaries. > Travis has links with NumFOCUS and was eager to help the matplotlib > community host binaries should we choose to not go with sourceforge or > another free option. > > I'll need touch base with him again to get specifics, but I thought > I'd just let everyone here know that that's still an option. > > To be honest with you, I'm thinking that if we only want to link to > binaries from the matplotlib web page then sourceforge really doesn't > sound like a bad option at all.
Or -- I'll just point this out one more time then leave the dead horse alone :-) -- you could just register a project called 'matplotlib-downloads' on google code hosting, and have static URLs that look like e.g. https://apa6e.googlecode.com/files/apa6e-v0.3.zip and let Google foot the bill for reliable high-bandwidth CDN hosting. -n ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
