<div dir="ltr"><div>Yeh, it made the web. Famous dude Eric S Raymond has talked about replacing it ( <a href="http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5948">http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5948</a> ). <br><br></div>-- CHS<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The real grumble is the site search is now gone which makes it basically<br>
useless.<br>
<div><div class="h5">On Jul 8, 2014 11:19 AM, "JD" <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Sites that don't pay for themselves get cut when there isn't someone with<br>
> an<br>
> "itch" left to support it.<br>
><br>
> Freecode/freshmeat was my 2nd stop when looking for F/LOSS solutions.<br>
> Might be<br>
> time to sponsor a 100% clone, since going static is just a way of saying we<br>
> aren't gonna add any budget for this next year. github and clones of that<br>
> type<br>
> are taking over the space, but haven't handled the summary page nearly as<br>
> well,<br>
> IMHO. Github is too freeform, I suppose.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 07/08/2014 10:23 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> > It seems freshmeat/freecode is no more.<br>
> ><br>
> > From the site:<br>
> ><br>
> > About Freecode<br>
> ><br>
> > The Freecode site has been moved to a static state effective June 18,<br>
> 2014<br>
> > due to low traffic levels and so that folks will focus on more useful<br>
> > endeavors than site upkeep.<br>
> > The site contents have been retained in this static state as a continued<br>
> > path to access the linked software, much of which is on self-hosted<br>
> servers<br>
> > and would be difficult to find otherwise.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Well, crap. I guess Dice rolled 'em and hit snake-eyes.<br>
> ><br>
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