On 2 Jun 2015 13:17, "Josh Andler" <scislac@...400...> wrote:

Ideally we want it all. It's good to have a clear historic view. At
the least, I would personally like to see it go back to 0.44. That's
just me, but I figure it's worth saying.

Cheers,
Josh

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:11 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> wrote:
> Status Update:
>
> 49,207 files have been downloaded. 100 downloads themselves and 49,107
> per day stat json files going from the original upload date until
> yesterday.
>
> The rss feed only contained 100 items. I could expand it by grinding a
> few other rss feeds from specific directories, or we could settle for
> the 100 last uploaded files which go back to 0.48.2 (2011-08-14)
>
> Is this enough or do we want more?
>
> Martin,
>
> On 2 June 2015 at 02:19, Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> wrote:
>> su_v and Adib,
>>
>> I've got the project meta data already.
>>
>> I've got all stats and files downloading to the webserver. I'm going
>> to find a good place to put them.
>>
>> No one need worry about the data being lost forever.
>>
>> As for being scared by SF's wrapping. We can not let ourselves be
>> harried by bullies and people who see no issue in abuse. This is why
>> we must extract ourselves from them.
>>
>> Martin,
>>
>> On 2 June 2015 at 02:04, the Adib <theadib@...400...> wrote:
>>> Hello Martin,
>>>
>>> We should have a copy of the 2(two) last releases available for download.
>>> When I got stuck by a new bug then I tend to try with older versions. ...
>>>
>>> S_uv mentioned a download statistics. Do we have that?
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards, Adib.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Dienstag, 2. Juni 2015 schrieb su_v :
>>>>
>>>> On 2015-05-31 23:59 (+0200), Martin Owens wrote:
>>>> > Dear Developers,
>>>> >
>>>> > Because of the thousands of downloads per week of old inkscape
>>>> > releases (mostly windows msi files) from the sourceforge account and
>>>> > because of our successful transition to using our own website with
>>>> > caching proxy fastly.
>>>> >
>>>> > I will be deleting all files from the SourceForge files folder in two
>>>> > weeks time (June 14th). Please make sure you have any and all files
>>>> > you wish to back up, and any downloads you want to make available for
>>>> > your platform available on the website.
>>>> >
>>>> > If there are any objections please raise them here and I won't go
>>>> > ahead with the proposed deletion.
>>>>
>>>> It makes me sad to see such a large part of Inkscape's release history
>>>> (not just the files, but also the timeline, the statistics etc.)
>>>> completely purged so quickly (on short notice) and so easily (no
>>>> alternatives).
>>>>
>>>> I tend towards objecting the mentioned 'each on his/her own' method
>>>> (grab them as long as you can) - this is about files going back as far
>>>> as Feb 2004. IMvHO all files of past releases should be archived by the
>>>> project itself, not by relying on individuals storing random (local)
>>>> copies as "backups". Either way all original upload dates, and past
>>>> download statistics (and the filters to access them) will be lost
>>>> entirely once the files have been deleted from the project's 'files'
>>>> folder at sf.net.
>>>>
>>>> If SF continues its current track, I also wonder whether this action
>>>> won't backfire later on - as in serving as perfect argument for SF to
>>>> create their own “mirror” for Inkscape packages (based on
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/mirror/ ), and to enable the
>>>> "enhanced-installer-with-payload" wrapper for Windows and OS X downloads
>>>> at will, without the project having any control over the download links
>>>> and the files hosted in that “mirror”.
>>>>
>>>> > This cleanup is mostly to reduce our online search footprint, reduce
>>>> > confusion with users and prevent users getting hold of old, obsolete
>>>> > or buggy versions of inkscape. (I've mentioned this cleanup before,
>>>> > but I wanted to be more proactive and state that I'll do it and take
>>>> > responsibility)
>>>> >
>>>> > Best Regards, Martin Owens
>>>> >
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