Re: "octave.sf.net bandwidth exceeded"

[Torsten]

On 08.01.2014 22:08, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
> Hmm... just got this when I tried to surf to the OF developers page:
> 
> 
>> SourceForge.net Logo
>>
>> This project has been temporarily blocked for exceeding its bandwidth
>> threshold
>>
>>
>> Projects and users who host on SourceForge.net are given web space to
>> augment their communities and interact with their users. In cases where a
>> project or user's web space exceeds pre-determined thresholds, this
>> message will be displayed. This block is typically short lived (10-15
>> minutes), unless the cause of the bandwidth usage is not mitigated. We
>> recommend that the administrator of the site take action to reduce
>> bandwidth usage. If you feel you are receiving this message erroneously,
>> please contact SourceForge.net Support for assistance. Typically this
>> message is displayed when files that belong in the FRS are uploaded into
>> project web, or someone tried to host some pr0n or w4r3z. SourceForge.net
>> Support is willing and able to assist in resolving the cause of this
>> error.
> 
> In a way this is good news (in that OF gets quite a bit of attention)...

Maybe good news but maybe someone (ab)uses the site for other (not so
good) stuff.

> But maybe also something to watch out for as soon as we put binary
> installers for 3.8.0 there.

I am sure but to my knowledge the binaries are hosted on

http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20Windows%20binaries/

which is  is available. The blocked site is only the project site which
is not supposed to produce a huge amount of traffic.

Torsten