[Python-Dev] SourceForge Download Page, Subversion Home Page

[Thomas Wouters]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 10:49:59AM -0500, Tim Peters wrote:

> If you go to
> 
>     http://sourceforge.net/projects/zodb/
> 
> you'll see the equally prominent "Download ZODB and ZEO" button,
> pointing to that project's equally ZODB-free Files area.  But, in that
> case, you'll see that there _is_ a package, named README, with a
> "release" named "How to get the source".  If you click on that and
> fight your way through the download process, you eventually end up
> with file "zodb.txt", which contains a real download URL for ZODB
> <wink/sigh>.
> 
> Overall I'm not sure that's an improvement, but it was the best I
> could come up with 2 years ago when ZODB stopped using SF for
> downloads.

What if the package wasn't named README, but rather
'www.python.org' with a release named "visit www.python.org/download
instead"? I'm not sure if that package/release name is allowed ;P

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