GIMP Windows Installers move from Sourceforge to ftp.gimp.org
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HN comment orderThe link in the article sums up the "what happened to Sourceforge" pretty well: http://www.gluster.org/2013/08/how-far-the-once-mighty-sourc... The OSS project I maintained for several years was always in the top 10 downloaded lists on Sourceforge, but I got frustrated with how things were going and eventually moved the code to Github and hosted a simple website on my own. Honestly, I can't think of a reason why an OSS project would choose Sourceforge in this day and age.
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/expired-2013-05-03-en Domains have a renewal grace period. Since it expired recently, they'll be fine.
THE FIRST PLAN INVOLVES SHOUTING! And apparently the Gimp people aren't using any sort of actual blog engine, so it's impossible to permalink the post in question, which is rather confusingly hidden on their front page. Rather than complaining about it, I'll just copy and paste the full text here: ---- In the face of all sorts of rumours and interpretations about the future of the project there is a call for clarification regarding development of GIMP. Currently GIMP team…
Its broken. No links are shown on the download page without javascript. > We think your OS is Well, we don’t actually know. Either Javascript is disabled, or I am not working quite right… So I am showing you all the options. That should cover it. Ha. Incompetent designers and programmers. Off to send an email.
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-10 | Type eek at Gimp.org | khangtoh | 1 | 1 |
| 2011-01-12 | Plans for Gimp 2.8 and beyond | macco | 58 | 22 |
| 2013-11-08 | GIMP Windows Installers move from Sourceforge to ftp.gimp.org | pwg | 6 | 0 |
| 2013-11-08 | GIMP moves away from Sourceforge for downloads | lazugod | 2 | 0 |
| 2013-11-09 | GIMP Windows Installers move from Sourceforge to ftp.gimp.orgFirst breakout · Best thread | uladzislau | 169 | 75 |
| 2015-06-04 | GEGL 0.3.0, babl 0.1.2 released (prerequisites for next GIMP beta 2.9) | unhammer | 1 | 1 |
| 2015-08-06 | The gimp.org domain has expiredLatest 20+ point return | danr4 | 156 | 92 |
| 2015-11-22 | New GIMP website design got pushed out today | benbristow | 6 | 2 |