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

[george donnelly]

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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