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

[george donnelly]

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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
> 
> 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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