Re: Moving pkgsrc-wip away from SourceForge

[Andrew Cagney <andrew.cagney%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 14 July 2015 at 18:37, Aleksej Saushev <asau%inbox.ru@localhost> wrote:
>> Hoster:
>>
>> http://www.sergiolopes.eu/2013/08/moving-away-from-sourceforge-net-and-their-malware-adware-spyware-offers/
>> (that was in 2013!)
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2938017/why-big-open-source-projects-are-fleeing-sourceforges-free-software-hub.html
>> etc.
>>
>> In short: you do not want to be hosted by a malware distributor.

I have to agree.

> And it applies to pkgsrc-wip how?

Because it reflects very very poorly on pkgsrc's reputation.

For instance, It doesn't take much for a user (through no fault of
their own running the wrong OS) and curious about PKGSRC and/or UN*X
to click on the wrong link.  And please don't respond with crap about
how they should be running a real OS or ... - malware ads on download
sites are carefully crafted to look just like the legitimate download.

BTW, I got curious and tried to take a look at the home page and see
what malware was displayed; turns out that sourceforge is down, again,
and based on their twitter account that is isn't a rare occurrence.

Andrew