SourceForge's Release Process Sucks
Dave asked earlier today if we should move Roller to be hosted at java.net rather than sourceforge.net. I responded with "SourceForge works for me" and didn't see any reason for a move. But after dealing with trying to release 0.8 of appfuse all night, I'm ready for something better. The release process sucks. I have to FTP files to upload.sourceforge.net (anonymously) and then, when the files are completed, selected them as files to release through the web UI.
The problem is that I've been trying to upload for the last 24 hours, and it keeps failing at different points in the upload process. So, here's the worst part - you can't "delete" from the FTP site - you have to release the file, and then delete it. What a pain in the ass - I've done this about 10 times now. My XP machine seems to be the source of my ftp-connection-dropping problem, so I've moved over to my Linux box. So now I'm ready to upload all my files, and look what SF gives me:
We're Sorry.
The SourceForge.net Website is currently down for maintenance.
We will be back shortly
Fuckers.
Posted by Vic on June 12, 2003 at 01:43 PM MDT #
Posted by Arjun Ram on June 12, 2003 at 02:06 PM MDT #
Posted by Matt Raible on June 12, 2003 at 03:28 PM MDT #
Posted by Dan Allen on June 12, 2003 at 06:14 PM MDT #
Posted by James Mitchell on June 12, 2003 at 07:26 PM MDT #
Posted by Simon Brown on June 12, 2003 at 09:55 PM MDT #
Posted by Dan Allen on June 12, 2003 at 10:29 PM MDT #
Posted by Dan Allen on September 02, 2004 at 12:12 AM MDT #
Open source projects can be hosted there but our service is not only limited to open source. If you want to manage your personal projects or for your business you can do that aswell for a small fee.
Comments like these are insightful for us as our goal was to take the best of Sourceforge, leave out the crusty bits and improve on it.
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Posted by Scott on August 31, 2005 at 11:06 AM MDT #