[Mingw-users] SF changes (was: RE: Installing MinGW?!)

[Lane, D. \(TBS\) <Dav...@tu...>]

> Subject: Re: [Mingw-users] Installing MinGW?!
> From: Keith MARSHALL <kei...@to...>

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> Michael,
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> Those pages are littered with references to mingw.org/download.shtml,
> which is broken at present.
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> Since SourgeForge embarked on their recent "enhancement" program, I've
> already fixed it once, only to have them change their "Project Files"
> page layout, and break it again.  Since the SourceForge page is the
> primary source from which the appropriate project files may=20
> be retrieved,
> I wonder if we would not be better replacing all MinGWiki=20
> references to
> http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml with corresponding direct=20
> references
> to=20
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D2435, at least
> until SF stop moving the goal posts on the page layout.  That way, I
> won't be playing catch up all the time, (and I can't spare the time to
> keep this up indefinitely), and visitors to the MinGWiki=20
> would at least
> have a sporting chance of finding the indicated downloadable files.
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> Regards,
> Keith.

Just a question, but have you informed the SF folks about the
trouble this is causing?  I doubt MinGW is the only project or
site that's running into something like this.  Their pages look
nicer and all that, but still... baby/bathwater and so on.