[not cross-posting] SourceForge is valuable to the project for providing the mirror capacity that AOO requires. The penalty is in regard to user distrust and these awful situations that the list and Forum folks have to contend with. As far as our users are concerned, it is the AOO project that is unreliable and has them need to be so cautious.
Of course SourceForge relies on advertising revenue to offset their costs. That is to be expected. The problem is the confusion, not the advertising. We must work with SourceForge to avoid the confusion with regard to ad placement and prominence. Andrea has pointed out separately that the alternative mirror system may not be workable if even available for the demands that AOO downloads represent. - Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Barton [mailto:d...@tasit.net] > Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 07:09 > To: Apache OpenOffice Users <us...@openoffice.apache.org> > Cc: Apache OpenOffice Developer <dev@openoffice.apache.org> > Subject: SOURCEFORGE [Was: téléchargement version 4.1.2] [ ... ] > > Is it not time to _*SERIOUSLY*_ review the distribution of our binaries > via SourceForge? > > Rory O'Farrell and others dutifully expend their valuable time advising > "unaware" users NOT to click on download links and buttons after they > are redirected to the SourceForge mirror page. While commendable, this > is a "shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted" approach. > > No matter what efforts SourceForge make to "weed out" fraudulent and > malware links, our mailing lists and forums continue to receive a steady > stream of download problem messages from "unaware" users. > > There is no way to prove this discourages individuals and organizations > from using AOO software, but continuously published reports of AOO > distributing "unwanted" and/or "malware" programs reflects badly on us > and by association the ASF. > > I have no personal "gripe" against SourceForge and Roberto Galoppini's > support in this area is invaluable. However, I do not understand, or > find any reasonable explanation, why our download page does not redirect > to the ASF's own mirror network: > https://www.apache.org/mirrors/ > where our binaries are already being served by 200+ mirrors around the > world. > > Dave > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
