I didn't realise that that page was different than
where you get from the Maxima site, but nevertheless,
it doesn't help:
Going to
http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=4933
there is no source-code. Clicking on "Linux" doesn't change
anything, still only rpm's. Alright, so I click "all files",
and then end up at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4933,
which is where you get from the Maxima page (only speaking about
windows).
There one must click "Package", getting to
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4933&package_id=4960
and only this finally contains all packages.
Perhaps, if there is a problem with that SourceForge site, then one could
just update the Maxima-download site, just offering all the above
links?
Oliver
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 05:43:25PM +0200, Andrej Vodopivec wrote:
> The windows release is offered because windows installer was uploaded
> after source and linux binaries. The way the download site looks like,
> download statistics etc. is not something we control. The download
> section changed since our last release and we need to learn how to
> best use it.
>
> As I mentioned before you need to go to
> http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=4933
> to get platform specific files.
>
> Andrej
>
> 2008/8/25 Oliver Kullmann <O.Kullmann at swansea.ac.uk>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > since a few days, the Sourceforge download page only
> > offers *windows* downloads, that is, following the
> > link from the Maxima homepage, one arrives at
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4933
> >
> > where then only the release
> >
> > 5.16.3-Windows
> >
> > is offered, for both browsers I'm using, Konqueror and Firefox.
> > If this is caused by the download site trying to figure out my
> > "needs", then I don't think "intelligent" behaviour on the download site is
> > a good idea (on the contrary, I think it's a pretty bad idea):
> >
> > First, often these things don't work (like in my case, as a
> > Linux user). And then what about Linux users wanting to download
> > a windows file, or vice versa??
> >
> > The problem is not really diminished by the fact that now apparently
> > the "standard" is an operating system which by its nature wants to
> > eliminate every other choice. If suddenly some unknown operating
> > system would show up, one would feel a bit surprised, and this
> > potentially even positively, but, at least for me, this is not
> > the case when suddenly only microsoft shows up (since this is not
> > exactly uncommon).
> >
> > It is also furthermore rather strange that the counters for Linux
> > downloads don't work (while the microsoft counters seem to work,
> > though I can't check it).
> >
> > I really think that the obvious favouritism of microsoft products
> > at the Maxima download pages is inadequate.
> >
> > Oliver
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