"Tim Peters" <tim.one at comcast.net> writes: > [Tim] >>> Python used to be among the 10 most active projects every week, >>> but lost a lot when it stopped releasing files from SF >>> (downloads count a lot toward the activity ranking). > > [Michael Hudson] >> Yep. However, the pain of dealing with the SF file release thingy >> compared to scp-ing things to creosote is night and day. > > I find setting up an SF file release to be obscure but actually very quick > and easy once you figure it out. Maybe I just never figured it out, then. Perhaps we should go back to putting full releases up there -- but I found dealing with that thing a serious hassle for 221c1 & 2. > I don't know how hard people find it to download from there now; it > used to be dead in the water too often. Well, *I* have a much faster connection to python.org than any of SFs servers, though this may be an accident of routing (ping from here to python.org is only 11 msec). >> *I'm* pretty sure having a high activity rating on SF isn't worth it. > > A fine case of sour grapes if ever I heard one <wink>. > > the-spambayes-folks-trade-activity-points-for-fast-cars-mansions- > and-recreational-drugs-ly y'rs - tim Whoa! That sounds like a better inducement than appearing on SF's front page :-) Cheers, mwh -- MGM will not get your whites whiter or your colors brighter. It will, however, sit there and look spiffy while sucking down a major honking wad of RAM. -- http://www.xiph.org/mgm/
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