[ale] must have missed this

Charles Shapiro hooterpincher at gmail.com
Tue Jul 8 13:55:02 EDT 2014


Yeh, it made the web.  Famous dude Eric S Raymond has talked about
replacing it ( http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5948 ).

-- CHS


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> The real grumble is the site search is now gone which makes it basically
> useless.
> On Jul 8, 2014 11:19 AM, "JD" <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>
> > Sites that don't pay for themselves get cut when there isn't someone with
> > an
> > "itch" left to support it.
> >
> > Freecode/freshmeat was my 2nd stop when looking for F/LOSS solutions.
> > Might be
> > time to sponsor a 100% clone, since going static is just a way of saying
> we
> > aren't gonna add any budget for this next year.  github and clones of
> that
> > type
> > are taking over the space, but haven't handled the summary page nearly as
> > well,
> > IMHO. Github is too freeform, I suppose.
> >
> >
> > On 07/08/2014 10:23 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > > It seems freshmeat/freecode is no more.
> > >
> > > From the site:
> > >
> > > About Freecode
> > >
> > > The Freecode site has been moved to a static state effective June 18,
> > 2014
> > > due to low traffic levels and so that folks will focus on more useful
> > > endeavors than site upkeep.
> > > The site contents have been retained in this static state as a
> continued
> > > path to access the linked software, much of which is on self-hosted
> > servers
> > > and would be difficult to find otherwise.
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, crap. I guess Dice rolled 'em and hit snake-eyes.
> > >
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