On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:13 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
No. There should be no errors. Do you have a reproducible error? -Rob > //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 >> > >
