Ars Technica reports of ?abandoned projects? on SourceForge being taken over by SourceForge with adware installers added to executables. arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/ This might be something to be wary of with FLAC considering the main focus for FLAC has moved from SourceForge to Xiph.org. Perhaps consider to remove the downloads from SourceForge but keep the ticket system there? Maurits
Erik de Castro Lopo
2015-May-28 10:59 UTC
[flac-dev] Strange things happening at SourceForge
MauritsVB wrote:> Ars Technica reports of ?abandoned projects? on SourceForge being taken > over by SourceForge with adware installers added to executables. > > This might be something to be wary of with FLAC considering the main focus > for FLAC has moved from SourceForge to Xiph.org. Perhaps consider to remove > the downloads from SourceForge but keep the ticket system there?I was aware of for the Win-gimp issue. What I'd like to know is how SF.net figures out if a project is abandoned. Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/
> MauritsVB wrote: > >> Ars Technica reports of ?abandoned projects? on SourceForge being taken >> over by SourceForge with adware installers added to executables. >> >> This might be something to be wary of with FLAC considering the main focus >> for FLAC has moved from SourceForge to Xiph.org. Perhaps consider to remove >> the downloads from SourceForge but keep the ticket system there? > > I was aware of for the Win-gimp issue. What I'd like to know is how > SF.net figures out if a project is abandoned. > > Erik >The response from SF suggests that it?s non-responsiveness from the original project owner. Hopefully it?s limited to that. Maurits