Re:A Change to Google Code Download Service
by brondsem on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @06:45PM
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SourceForge still supports downloads and provides pretty good stats around them too. You can put your OSS file releases on SourceForge and keep other project stuff (code, tickets, etc) elsewhere if you want. Under Admin, Tools, you can pick and choose which SourceForge tools to use or not, and even add external links to project resources on other sites
Disclosure: I work for SourceForge
Re:A Change to Google Code Download Service
by trentmb on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @06:44PM
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... or use bittorent...
Re:A Change to Google Code Download Service
by vy8vWJlco on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @07:26PM
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For that matter, with BTSync I can share my project's git repository with a read-only "secret" (identifier, like a magnet link) and cut out google code/github, etc, all together (now, if only there were a foss version).
Re:A Change to Google Code Download Service
by Kerrick on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @06:46PM
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Or dream host's Files Forever. You pay once to put them up, and then they can be downloaded for free by anyone.
Re:A Change to Google Code Download Service
by andfarm on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @07:56PM
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Also gone for unrelated reasons, sorry: https://files.dreamhost.com/
Re:A Change to Google Code Download Service
by Kerrick on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @08:29PM
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Oh, bummer. Looks like their replacement [1] is a cheaper version of S3, but they still charge for download bandwidth.
Re:A Change to Google Code Download Service
by Dylan16807 on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @09:28PM
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I thought that was a service for selling files. How does the pricing work out if they can be free?
Edit: I found some of the old text, it's apparently dual-nature. You can make backups that you/friends download for free. You can also have files for sale that people pay to download. No way to have permanent public hosting.
Edit: Yes, I know that many free options exist and I plan on switching to one of them soon. I just wish that I didn't have to use another service for a common task associated with software development.