www.winkde.org outage

[Jeff Harp]

On 03/19/2013 10:56 AM, Ralf Habacker wrote:
> Am 19.03.2013 15:19, schrieb Jeff Harp:
>> I created a directory "C:\kdewin" for downloading, created the file
>> mirrors-remote.lst in that directory, and ran the installer.  I chose
>> "download only".  It asked for an installation directory and suggested
>> "C:\ProgramData\KDE" (running W7).  This seemed to me like an odd place
>> to store executables, so I changed it to "C:\Program Files\KDE".  I
>> chose "End User" and "MSVC" for install mode.  I entered "C:\kdewin" as
>> the download path.  The installer then displayed an error "failed to
>> download site list page from
>> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/kde-windows/".
> You added
>
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/kde-windows/"
>
> as url in the mirrors-remote.lst, which is wrong.
>
> Using
>
> http://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/kde-windows/releases
>
> works for me.
>
> As an alternative you may leave mirrors-remote.lst empty, so that the
> installer do not look for mirrors on the remote locations and enter
> the above mentioned url in the Download Servers Settings page. 

Ralf,

I created the mirrors-remote.lst exactly as per your instructions.  It
had a single line "http de http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/kde" with CRLF
as EOL marker.  I tried changing that to
"http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/kde" and it did not work.  I tried
changing it to
"http://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/kde-windows/releases " and
it did not work.  I tried an empty lst file and it did not work.  I also
tried all of the preceding without the CRLF EOL marker and that did not
work either.  I tried moving the installer to the C:\kdewin directory
thinking maybe that would help the installer find the lst file and that
did not work.  No matter what I do the installer is trying to download
from the SF site.  It seems like the installer cannot find the lst file
or is ignoring it for some reason.

Also, when trying the empty lst file approach you suggested, I did not
see a "Download Servers Settings" page anywhere while running the installer.

Thanks,
Jeff