Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 20 Apr 2009 at 0:02, Jim Brain wrote:
It concerns me. Jay's already providing a
lot of free stuff, and
managing the list. There are hundreds of free binary hosting sites
online, I'd recommend people use those instead.
Jim, my reason for asking for this is that an ftp site associated
with the list might give the content a bit more of a chance to be
there when you or I next need it. You've run into the "well, it used
to be there" wall more than once, I'm sure.
For whatever it's worth,
Chuck
It's a valid point, but how do we ensure that the information is not
subject to FTP site "entropy"? I can see information getting dumped
there, and then no one picks up and stores it in the proper place (site
with related information, in a directory structure that makes sense)
because it's "taken care of". Then, as times goes on, the site ends up
with so much uncategorized information that we must rely on the archives
to sort out what a file actually holds.
If someone volunteers to manage the layout and ensure stuff gets to a
reasonable spot with a reasonable name, my concerns are addressed, but I
don't want to saddle Jay with that responsibility.
Jim