Re: [Openexr-user] Savannah?

[Klaus Steden]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Florian Kainz wrote:

> John Coldrick wrote:
> >
> >         So, thanks to the overwhelming response :( - I'll ask with a
> > more specific subject :P - is openexr 1.0.6 posted anywhere else other
> > than this site?  It seems to be down for an indefinite period due to
> > some sort of security breach, and since it's been since Nov and they
> > haven't given an update, it smells serious.  Can't find source
> > available anywhere else....any suggestions?
> >
> >         Many thanks in advance...
>
>
> I was going to suggest Debian, but they also report a security breach,
> and you can't download packages from them either.
>
> There is a mirror that has Debian's copy of OpenEXR from October 8th:
> ftp://debian.mirrors.pair.com/pool/main/o/openexr/. You probably want to
> download the file openexr_1.0.6.orig.tar.gz.
>
> The fact that GNU Savannah has been down for weeks is becoming a serious
> issue.  We would like to release a couple of interesting new features;
> if Savannah still doesn't work after the holidays, we'll have to look
> for an alternative way to release OpenEXR.
>
Has OpenEXR been re-packaged for Debian in the meantime? I hope so, since
that saves me the trouble of trying to shoehorn the RPM into working ...

Klaus