søn, 11 04 2010 kl. 16:43 +0200, skrev Carlo de Falco:
> On 11 Apr 2010, at 13:51, Arno Onken wrote:
> > I filed a bug report and got a reply:

Thanks

> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/ticket/9948#comment:6
> >
> > In summary, the trailing garbage is caused by the http transfer and  
> > SourceForge recommends to use the FRS service instead of the phpBB  
> > release forum.
> >
> > Are there any objections to changing the release procedure?
> >
> > Arno
> 
> It seems the person dealing with the bug has not understood the  
> procedure we are using at the moment.
> Packages are indeed released via the SF file release system.
> The forum is used as a way for package maintainers to send the  
> packages to the site maintainers so that they can then upload them to  
> the FRS.

I have made a comment in the bug tracker describing out system.
Hopefully, this will give us a more usable reply.

> Also the GZIP FAQ item the SF guy refers to: http://www.gzip.org/#faq8  
> seems hardly relevant to me in this case.

I think he just meant to say that it's just a warning and it doesn't
harm anybody. Personally, I disagree very much with this opinion, as
users will be confronted with this warning, not knowing if it means the
package is broken or not. I certainly wasn't sure if the warning could
safely be ignored or not.

> Søren, what do you think about this?

I still think we should try to persuade the SF people to fix their bugs.
If they do not feel their system is buggy (though it obviously is), then
we can think about alternatives. One would be to find another place to
let package maintainers upload releases. Another would be to move to
another hosting service (Savannah?). But let's give the SF people a
chance first.

Does that sound reasonable?

Søren


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