OpenEuphoria

Re: Use of Source Forge for win32lib

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jun 23, 2003
• 390 views

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:08:04 +0000 (06/23/03 16:08:04)
, Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> wrote:

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> Derek Parnell wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> a number of people have said that sourceforge is too slow to be useful. 
>> I want to know if there is any interest in using SourceForge as a 
>> primary or even secondary project place for the win32lib project.
>>
>> If there is no real interest, I'll have the current SourceForge site 
>> decommisioned.
>>
>> If the site's performance is reasonable, it has better bug tracking, 
>> support, and enhancement request functions than what I'm using now.
>>
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32libex/
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>>
>> --
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>> cheers,
>> Derek Parnell
>>
> When you say it's too slow, you mean it takes too long to
> download because they cant supply the demand of bytes/second?

I'm not talking about the speed of downloading the library, but the 
performance of the sourceforge site as a whole. All I meant was that from 
the time you press the 'Go' button until the time you can use the site, 
some people have mentioned that is unreasonble long. I don't happen to find 
it a problem. It takes less than ten seconds for my connection and machine.

> Last time i downloaded a copy, i think i got it directly from
> your site (?) and it was quite fast and getting to it was very
> straightforward, so why not use that?

Because SourceForge has a much higher profile than either my site or RDS.

> What do you mean about S.F. having better functions exactly?
> What is it that makes it seem better?

Good questions.
The bug tracker allows anybody to record the details of a bug and then 
track it's resolutionh progress. It is a good communication trail as emails 
can get 'lost' sometimes.

There is a separate support request form, which alerts me to an urgent 
support request. This also enables your call's progress to be tracked.

Finally, there is a enhancement form. This gives the community and 
developers a forum to discuss and otherwise act on the enhancement request.

SourceForge also has news and discussion forums specific to the project and 
other general forums. Downloads are easy to find and all previous 
downloadable files are also available.

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cheers,
Derek Parnell