Re: git-cl upload has stopped working (so has patchy)

[Trevor Daniels]

David Kastrup wrote Sunday, May 31, 2015 11:02 AM

> Given the reports that SourceForge distributes Adware (and there even
> have been virus-ridden versions of it) on its Windows installers, I'm
> somewhat wary here.  It would be sort of strange to use project
> facilities there without offering downloads, and I suspect if we do
> that, SourceForge might decide to put "enhanced" downloads there by
> themselves.  A bit of a pity: they've been a rather important resource
> and rallying point for free software at one point of time.

I have received several promotional emails since I registered with SourceForge 
(when I foolishly omitted to tick the box turning them off), and so far my 
attempts to turn them off post hoc have been ignored, but none of the emails 
contained malware, and they are not terribly frequent.

But I am certainly not suggesting offering downloads from SF.  It may be 
strange to use their project facilities without offering downloads, but I 
suspect lots of projects there are in development prior to achieving (and 
probably many are unlikely ever to achieve) a download-capable state.  It 
doesn't seem to be against their rules.

Trevor