Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite)

[Oliver Heimlich]

> Am 8. Juni 2016 06:25:59 MESZ, schrieb Tatsuro MATSUOKA
> <address@hidden>:
> 
>         From: edmund ronald 
>         To: Ben Abbott
>         Cc: Sebastian Schöps ; octave-maintainers 
>         Date: 2016/6/8, Wed 12:49
>         Subject: Re: Octave for OS X (was: How to install Octave 4.0.1
>         on OS X Yosemite)
> 
> 
> 
> 
>         On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>         On Jun 7, 2016, at 9:48 PM, edmund ronald
>         <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>             Can you give us a quick explanation of “code-signing”? Any
>             reason why we can’t do that ourselves and distribute via
>             SourceForge?
> 
> 
>             Octave uses GPLv3.
> 
> 
>             Ben
> 
>          I personally feel a bit uneasy about Sourceforge, maybe because
>         of this
>         event: 
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/sourceforge-grabs-gimp-for-windows-account-wraps-installer-in-bundle-pushing-adware/
>          A lot of people seem to be using GIthub these days, both as
>         source and binary repository.
> 
> 
>         Edmund
>          
>     According to Oliver, SourceForge changes their policy towards good 
> direction.
>     See:
>     http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Re-pdepe-td4676565.html#a4677297
> 
>     Tatsuro  

On 08.06.2016 06:34, Oliver Heimlich wrote:
> Yes, I believe edmund's information is a little bit old and I'd give SF
> another try. To sum up the events since then:
>
> SourceForge has a new owner. One of the first thing they did was to stop
> the questionable program. They scan all binaries for malware now. Also
> they plan to improve their service with long requested features like SSL
> for all services.

Yesterday's reddit post by the president of SF fits into this thread
perfectly:

https://redd.it/4n3e1s

Oliver