Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

On 05/07/2015 10:25 AM, C R wrote:

> Is the torrent listed first to save bandwidth on download.gimp.org?

Yes, and to also force Bittorrent knowledge upon users.

> If not, maybe we should offer up the direct download executable first
> to avoid confusion (and ranting and name-calling, apparently, lol).

The choice to endure the occasional complaint is deliberate.

> Generally I find most sites make dedicated button-looking graphics for
> various kinds of downloads.

Unfortunately, these graphics have been burnt quite a lot by ads linking
to malicious downloads, not using them so far is also a deliberate choice.

> I would be happy to make some up to disambiguate the downloading links, for
> our less torrent-savvy users.
>
> Thoughts?

People who do not read beyond the first line on our downloads page might
not be happy with using GIMP, we might be doing them a favor with the
current setup.


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Michael
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