Re: [Publicity] Draft announcement about download location change [and 1 more messages]

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lars Kurth writes ("Re: [Publicity] Draft announcement about download location 
change"):
> I would say
>
> Subject: Download server change for Xen releases (new Xen downloads no longer 
> available from bits.xensource.com)

I think that is too long.  Subject lines should be short or they will
be truncated.

> > In the past, the Xen Project has hosted its releases on space kindly
> > provided on bits.xensource.com by Citrix (and, previously, XenSource).
> 
> Maybe add:
> For some time now, we have in parallel made available downloads on Xen 
> Project servers at https://downloads.xenproject.org

Good idea.

Russ Pavlicek writes ("Re: [Publicity] Draft announcement about download 
location change"):
> Announcement aside, you might want to place a README.txt on the
> xensource site telling people where to go (that doesn't sound quite
> right, but I think you get my intent).

I see what you mean, but the problem is partly automation, and partly
humans who I don't think would read such a file (thinking they would
know what was in it).

> Odd that from my phone all the xensource links yield "File not
> found". Is that expected behavior?

None of the links in my message are to any particular files.  Some of
the new links are webserver directory listings.

Ian.

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