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The two dozen sourceforge users left will be devastated. I honestly won't download anything from that site anymore. If it isn't infected with their adware, I j
by paulie_a 9y ago
The two dozen sourceforge users left will be devastated.
I honestly won't download anything from that site anymore. If it isn't infected with their adware, I just assume it is outdated and/or comprised with malware.
- srean 9y agoI think you are talking about a different sourceforge. The business has changed hands multiple times.
- gtsteve 9y agoAlthough you'd be forgiven for still being suspicious I'm afraid.
- chrisseaton 9y agoIs that a good thing? Who owns it now and what is their motivation?
- srean 9y agohttps://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-future-plans/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-fut... discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11092219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11092219 https://sourceforge.net/blog/introducing-the-new-sourceforge/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/introducing-the-new-sourceforge... discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16108750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16108750
- paulie_a 9y agoEven in that case the reputation has been forever tarnished and anything that remains there is no longer needed.
- quadrangle 9y agoThe newish (this news is not that new) owners completely rejected the adware/malware junk, so that's long gone.
- mieseratte 9y agoUnfortunately for the new owners trust, once lost, is hard to regain. When setting up a new PC last week, I had to spend a non-trivial amount of time searching for a non-SourceForge source for a particular tool. SourceForge was one a trusted source, but because of their bad behavior I have to assume they are up to no good and avoid them like the plague.
- duskwuff 9y agoAnd that issue aside, the Sourceforge platform has been at a standstill for many years. The features they provide on their site (discussion, wiki, bug tracking) are all incredibly primitive, and have seen no meaningful improvements during the last decade or more. I have never seen a significant open-source project using any of Sourceforge's features beyond artifact hosting (i.e, release downloads) and occasionally source code management.
- paulddraper 9y agoProguard tracks its issues there.
- paulie_a 9y agoHonestly that is a reason to not use proguard. That is how bad SFs reputation is.
- paulddraper 9y agoYou know any professional Android developer who doesn't use Proguard?
- paulie_a 9y agoI still will never use them again for any purpose. Better alternatives exist. Is there any compelling reason to ever use them again? They are a dinosaur with a history of herpes