[Python-Dev] FWD: FTP URLs for Python source (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Sat May 23 18:55:52 CEST 2009

Yes, this is ancient, I've been putting off dealing with it because I couldn't figure out who should handle it. At this point, I think that if anyone does it should be the release team, therefore I'm forwarding to python-dev. Feel free to tell me I made the wrong choice. ;-)

----- Forwarded message from "Douglas W. Goodall" <douglas_goodall at mac.com> -----

From: "Douglas W. Goodall" <douglasgoodall at mac.com> To: webmaster at python.org Subject: made too hard... Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:57:15 -0800

Dear Sir, I am not sure why, but you have made it harder than it has to be to fetch the python source for installation on a unix system such as OpenBSD. I had to use the command line ftp client and it took a lot of time to discover the real URL of the download file. Here is what ended up working. ftp http://www.e you made it this hard on purpose. Yes, it is easy if you are using a web browser, but if you are on a unix system without X it is a pain to get it when you don't know how. You might want to add the ftp URL to the web page for people like me. Respectfully, Doug --- Douglas W. Goodall 425 San Juanico Street Santa Maria, CA 93455 (805) 598-9099 http://www.goodall.com I call on each of us to pray for our president. He is who we have for the next four years, and we need him to be successful for all of us. God Bless America, and the President.

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