[ZWeb] FYI: Readying the "Zope Download Center"

[Paul Everitt]

Added.

--Paul

On dimanche, jan 12, 2003, at 19:42 Europe/Paris, george donnelly wrote:

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>> From: Paul Everitt <paul@eurozope.org>
>> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 09:52:07 +0100
>> To: george donnelly <list@zettai.net>
>> Cc: zope-web@zope.org
>> Subject: Re: [ZWeb] FYI: Readying the "Zope Download Center"
>>
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>> Sure, that would be very helpful.  I think ultimately we're just going
>> to keep it in sync with the nzo work, but for now, we just need to fix
>> that one layout bug.
>>
>> If you're interested in becoming a contributor to the SF project, send
>> me your SF id.  You can then work on the files directly.
>>
>> --Paul
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>> george donnelly wrote:
>>> excellent! let me know if i can help with the html/css interface
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>>>> From: Paul Everitt <paul@eurozope.org>
>>>> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 00:02:10 +0100
>>>> To: zope-web@zope.org
>>>> Subject: [ZWeb] FYI: Readying the "Zope Download Center"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Back in November we on zope-web discussed making Zope downloadable 
>>>> from
>>>> SourceForge's global mirror system:
>>>>
>>>> http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-web/2002-November/002099.html
>>>>
>>>> Based on the agreed decision to pursue this, Sidnei and I said we'd 
>>>> do
>>>> some work and come back with the results.  Well, it looks good and 
>>>> we're
>>>> ready to take the next step:
>>>>
>>>> http://zope.sf.net/
>>>> (Don't mind the layout bugs, those will be fixed in the next step)
>>>>
>>>> We also revived the Freshmeat project page.
>>>>
>>>> To revisitthe proposal, this is to give *an extra* download 
>>>> location,
>>>> not to eliminate others.  Zope can still be downloaded from 
>>>> zope.org,
>>>> shipped with RedHat, packaged for Debian and Fink, etc.  Obviously, 
>>>> the
>>>> more the better.
>>>>
>>>> However, this option gives us benefits we've never had:
>>>>
>>>> o Faster pipes
>>>>
>>>> o Global downloads
>>>>
>>>> o Download statistics (finally!)
>>>>
>>>> o Eliminate single point of failure
>>>>
>>>> ...as well as removing around half the monthly network traffic on 
>>>> zope.org.
>>>>
>>>> The next step is to get this woven into the /Products page, which 
>>>> could
>>>> also use some sprucing up.  We hope to get this done soon, in 
>>>> advance of
>>>> the 2.6.1 release.
>>>>
>>>> --Paul
>>>>
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