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> With the old upload-and-forget model of software distribution, you could put a tarball on a free FTP site for a few pennies You can still create a Digital Oc
by 31h 9y ago
> With the old upload-and-forget model of software distribution, you could put a tarball on a free FTP site for a few pennies
You can still create a Digital Ocean droplet, Docker container, or VM Image - and do the same thing (upload & forget). Then it's up to the user to pay $5/mo to host it, a process which doesn't need to take more than a few mouse clicks.
- rsync 9y ago"You can still create a Digital Ocean droplet, Docker container, or VM Image - and do the same thing (upload & forget)." Wouldn't it be easier - and free - to "upload and forget" onto github ? If someone had a software release, why wouldn't they choose github to be the release point - even if it's just a single tarball ? Are there costs involved in hosting binaries/tarfiles on github ?
- 31h 9y agoCan you clarify what you are driving at with these questions? First off, a lot of people prefer hosted source repositories other than github (e.g. hub.darcs.net, gitlab.com, My Own Private Server). Github naturally imposes various limitations on their "free" plans.
- rsync 9y agoI'm not getting at anything. I'm genuinely curious. Personally, I self-host everything on my personal www homepage. If I did not self-host everything, I assume I would put it up on github, right ?
- 31h 9y agoAt the risk of prolonging a pointless line of discussion: what does github have to do with anything in this context?