Just to be sure - when I try to download 3.3, just now and after the switch, it ends at a 404 page not found error page (screenshot) http://lo-portal.us/aoo/temp/screenshot-110.png
- is this expected with this test. //drew On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 12:59 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > Please note: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119194 > > > > I'm about to apply this patch. It will cause download requests to go > > to the SourceForge mirrors instead of MirrorBrain. We want to confirm > > that things are set up properly on the SF side, before we get the > > deluge of downloads for AOO 3.4. > > > > So please respond to this post with any oddities you see or hear about > > with users downloading OOo 3.3 releases over the next few days. > > > > This is live now (in production). > > Two issues that I see so far: > > 1) The MirrorBrain downloads were redirecting the user to > http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html, along with URL > parameters that indicated the file that was downloaded. > > This is very useful for a couple of reasons: > > A) This is our best chance to make the user aware of the support > options, the mailing lists, the install instructions, etc. It is our > opportunity to "hook" them into getting more involved with the > community and the ecosystem. > > B) The URL parameters give us information on what platforms and > languages are downloaded most often. For example: > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html?download-mirrorbrain&files/stable/3.3.0/OOo_3.3.0_Win_86_install-wJRE_en-US.exe > > The current SourceForge download path does not do these things. I > think this is important and needs to be addressed. Maybe something > could be done by forming similar URL's and showing that page in an > IFrame from the SF download page? > > 2) I have not done any timings, but the download speed seems slower, > at least the time taken until the download is actually started. > > -Rob > > > -Rob >
