Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] Deprecated downloads page at Github

[Thomas Mayer]

Hi,

On 11.03.2013 13:24, Tony Theodore wrote:
> 
> On 11/03/2013, at 10:29 PM, Ulrich Klauer <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Tony Theodore <address@hidden>:
>>
>>> Very strange, I can see the commit here: ...
>>> but get a 404 here:
>>> https://github.com/residuum
>>
>> Very strange indeed. Just asked address@hidden; let's see what they have to 
>> say about this.
> 
> 
> I did the same through the contact form and it appears to be fixed:
> 
> 
> On 11/03/2013, at 11:20 PM, Sara Pyle (GitHub Staff) <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> Sorry for the trouble! They should be visible now. Please don't hesitate to 
>> let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
>>
>> Thanks, 
>> Sara


Github have a history of being open about their problems, and their
recent problems seem to come from a DDOS attack:
https://status.github.com/messages

And their post-mortems are a good read, I am looking forward to reading
this one, I must admit:
https://github.com/blog/1397-recent-code-search-outages
https://github.com/blog/1364-downtime-last-saturday

-- 
"[D]ie Kunst flieht, wenn ihr eure Thaten sofort mit dem historischen
Zeltdach überspannt." (Friedrich Nietzsche - Vom Nutzen und Nachtheil
der Historie für das Leben)
http://www.residuum.org/