hi.
Luigi Rensinghoff wrote:
OK
well then i wont upload it...
just to make things clear (and to reiterate myself): it is really for the benefit of all visitors of puredata.info to not upload such huge files: the site will get even slower than it is now.
the only other reason to not upload stuff is, that the disk might get full and we have to find a new one... (the machine is not of the super hot-swappable and easily-extendible-without-downtime type)
its a little bit contradicting, since Frank said..
sourceforege is not for binaries...anyway, i am still waiting for a
response from Hans-Christian, maybe then its solved.
it is not a contradiction, though it might be unclear:
sourceforge offers several services. one of them (used by the pd-community) is hosting of code-repositories (CVS/SVN). it is common sense, that such a repository is for source-code _only_ (this is: do not put installers, binaries in a repository; there have been fights whether it is arguable to put _generated_ code into a repository, since it is strictly spoken no "source" code). http://pure-data.cvs.sourceforge.net/pure-data/
another service by sourceforge is the hosting of downloads. whenever a project makes a release or sub-release (however small it is), it can upload the release files to a special webspace (and do some paperwork). releases are usually a set of archives, and can be source (usually compressed), binaries, installers,... sourceforge will eventually distribute your release files on a number of mirror servers all over the world, adding redundancy and and better download speed. http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=55736
so: frank said, that you should not put your binary into the sourceforge CVS. i said, that you should put your binary into the sourceforge release system.
Otherwise i'll send people interested my gmx-mediacenter link
that's the way it is
Thanks anyway for your detailed answer
webdavs.....that i didnt try
finally: i had no time yesterday when i answered your email, so probably i missed that one: there are possibilities to put binary releases (of large files) onto puredata.info, but please don't do it by yourself for now.
always contact the admin (that is me ;-)) and we'll surely find a hand-tailored solution to the problem.
mf.asdr IOhannes