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I think that's an understatement. Sourceforge is so bad that for years (well before Github) I have dreaded downloading anything from it or needing to use its n
by grandalf 15y ago
I think that's an understatement. Sourceforge is so bad that for years (well before Github) I have dreaded downloading anything from it or needing to use its navigation in any way.
Also, a fair bit of malware has been hosted there over the years and the site offers no useful search or way of finding what you're looking for.
The initial idea was a good one, but the founder cashed out long ago.
- shailesh 15y agoE.g., wget support was broken for a very long time. So, you had to either a. algorithmically compose a URL or b. navigate to the real download link using the browser, collating all of them together and then wget -i blah. These days, it feels much better though.