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At least they are making steps in the right direction... "Our first order of business was to terminate the “DevShare” program. As of last week, the DevShare pr

At least they are making steps in the right direction... "Our first order of business was to terminate the “DevShare” program. As of last week, the DevShare program was completely eliminated. The DevShare program delivered installer bundles as part of the download for participating projects. We want to restore our reputation as a trusted home for open source software, and this was a clear first step towards that."

VonGuard 11y ago
Good fucking riddance.
- loganabbott 11y ago
  Agreed
loganabbott 11y ago
Thanks for the support. Yes we got rid of DevShare within a week of acquiring SourceForge. I think people will realize quickly we are serious about turning it around.
- gedy 11y ago
  You're getting a lot of snark here, but wanted to say that you coming here and addressing is really helpful in proving you're serious. I have fond memories of SF and keeping some completion in the market is always good.
  - loganabbott 11y ago
    Thanks. We are serious and I do appreciate all the feedback here. Agreed about the competition part as well.
    - chris_wot 11y ago
      Fronting up and participating here counts for a lot. Thanks :-)
davidgerard 11y ago
Yes, perhaps they'll actually get out of the default uBlock Origin blocking list some time ...
- alkonaut 11y ago
  Doesn't chrome block SF even without blockers now?
astrodust 11y ago
What reputation? This brand is so damaged that rebranding would be a good way to build trust.
- JohnTHaller 11y ago
  For you, perhaps. But it's a hugely popular site with tons of traffic within the top 300 sites in the world.
  - astrodust 11y ago
    So is stuff like CNET Download.com which is spewing tons of toxic software over the world. The masses don't care where you're hosting, they just want their download. If those projects on SourceForge moved their traffic would implode overnight. Nobody goes to SourceForge for SourceForge.
    - JohnTHaller 11y ago
      For quite a few of us, there's no one offering the services SourceForge does. PortableApps.com hosts over 300 separate apps packaged for portability. All of the open source ones are hosted on SourceForge except the ones hosted by the publishers themselves. All are accessible via browser and via direct download with wget/curl/etc so our users can download and update automatically using our platform. github et al aren't really designed for that type of setup. If we move off SourceForge, we'll have to self-host and figure out a way to cover the expense of that.
      - astrodust 11y ago
        > For quite a few of us, there's no one offering the services SourceForge does. Garbage. Not even close to true. It may be inconvenient to use other hosting systems but this is 2016 and there's an embarrassment of alternatives to SourceForge. It might require bolting a few different systems together to make it work, but it's doable. > If we move off SourceForge, we'll have to self-host and figure out a way to cover the expense of that. GitHub offers a lot of free hosting, including downloads, but it's a little trickier to use than SourceForge. There's also very inexpensive hosting via other providers where bandwidth is very cheap to free, and many offer steep discounts for open-source projects. I'm dismayed the community put up with SourceForge as long as it did. Where's the open-source SourceForge alternative? That's what we need. Even if SourceForge does clean up its act, nobody should be held hostage there. Same goes for GitHub or any other "mission critical" service. Too big to fail is a problem.

VonGuard 11y ago

Good fucking riddance.

loganabbott 11y ago
Agreed

loganabbott 11y ago

Thanks for the support. Yes we got rid of DevShare within a week of acquiring SourceForge. I think people will realize quickly we are serious about turning it around.

gedy 11y ago
You're getting a lot of snark here, but wanted to say that you coming here and addressing is really helpful in proving you're serious. I have fond memories of SF and keeping some completion in the market is always good.
- loganabbott 11y ago
  Thanks. We are serious and I do appreciate all the feedback here. Agreed about the competition part as well.
  - chris_wot 11y ago
    Fronting up and participating here counts for a lot. Thanks :-)

davidgerard 11y ago

Yes, perhaps they'll actually get out of the default uBlock Origin blocking list some time ...

alkonaut 11y ago
Doesn't chrome block SF even without blockers now?

astrodust 11y ago

What reputation? This brand is so damaged that rebranding would be a good way to build trust.

JohnTHaller 11y ago
For you, perhaps. But it's a hugely popular site with tons of traffic within the top 300 sites in the world.
- astrodust 11y ago
  So is stuff like CNET Download.com which is spewing tons of toxic software over the world. The masses don't care where you're hosting, they just want their download. If those projects on SourceForge moved their traffic would implode overnight. Nobody goes to SourceForge for SourceForge.
  - JohnTHaller 11y ago
    For quite a few of us, there's no one offering the services SourceForge does. PortableApps.com hosts over 300 separate apps packaged for portability. All of the open source ones are hosted on SourceForge except the ones hosted by the publishers themselves. All are accessible via browser and via direct download with wget/curl/etc so our users can download and update automatically using our platform. github et al aren't really designed for that type of setup. If we move off SourceForge, we'll have to self-host and figure out a way to cover the expense of that.
    - astrodust 11y ago
      > For quite a few of us, there's no one offering the services SourceForge does. Garbage. Not even close to true. It may be inconvenient to use other hosting systems but this is 2016 and there's an embarrassment of alternatives to SourceForge. It might require bolting a few different systems together to make it work, but it's doable. > If we move off SourceForge, we'll have to self-host and figure out a way to cover the expense of that. GitHub offers a lot of free hosting, including downloads, but it's a little trickier to use than SourceForge. There's also very inexpensive hosting via other providers where bandwidth is very cheap to free, and many offer steep discounts for open-source projects. I'm dismayed the community put up with SourceForge as long as it did. Where's the open-source SourceForge alternative? That's what we need. Even if SourceForge does clean up its act, nobody should be held hostage there. Same goes for GitHub or any other "mission critical" service. Too big to fail is a problem.