{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/msys2/msys2.github.io/issues/6","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/msys2/msys2.github.io/issues/6/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/msys2/msys2.github.io/issues/6/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/msys2/msys2.github.io/issues/6/events","html_url":"https://github.com/msys2/msys2.github.io/issues/6","id":95562703,"number":6,"title":"Please mirror installer binaries elsewhere","user":{"login":"achadwick","id":61299,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61299?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick","html_url":"https://github.com/achadwick","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-07-17T01:09:01Z","updated_at":"2015-07-17T17:11:38Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Please could the installer binaries be mirrored elsewhere, perhaps on github, perhaps as release binaries of this project?\r\n\r\n* Allow access when SourceForge is down (my [current](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/17/souceforge_titsup/) itch, but it seems an increasingly frequent occurrence of late) [**EDIT** slightly more reputable and newsy link]\r\n* Avoids irritations like Google and uBlock<sub>O</sub> flagging SourceForge as a source of malware (gorhill/uBlock#373)\r\n\r\nOn the wider picture, msys2 needs to be not using SourceForge at all. From uBlock's rationale for blocking the entire domain by default:\r\n\r\n* 2015-06-18: http://www.information-age.com/industry/software/123459675/hotbed-malware-another-blow-sourceforge-google-discovers-588-pages-malicious-software\r\n* 2015-06-02: https://blog.l0cal.com/2015/06/02/what-happened-to-sourceforge/\r\n* 2015-05-28: http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/anatomy-of-sourceforge-gimp-controversy\r\n* 2015-05-17: http://lifehacker.com/antiadware-gets-rid-of-bundled-crapware-on-popular-down-1702818594\r\n* 2015-03-11: http://blog.emsisoft.com/2015/03/11/mind-the-pup-top-download-portals-to-avoid/\r\n* 2015-01-21: http://www.howtogeek.com/207692/yes-every-freeware-download-site-is-serving-crapware-heres-the-proof/\r\n* 2014-11-25: http://blog.tedd.no/2014/11/25/sourceforge-malware/\r\n\r\nthough I'm sure that you're aware of that, and that it's not going to happen overnight."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/msys2/msys2.github.io/issues/comments/122345532","html_url":"https://github.com/msys2/msys2.github.io/issues/6#issuecomment-122345532","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/msys2/msys2.github.io/issues/6","id":122345532,"user":{"login":"achadwick","id":61299,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61299?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick","html_url":"https://github.com/achadwick","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/achadwick/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-17T17:11:38Z","updated_at":"2015-07-17T17:11:38Z","body":"<https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/downloads.sourceforge.net/m/ms/msys2/> is one stopgap, for now. If you just want the installer."}}