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yuhong on Nov 9, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: GIMP Windows Installers move from Sourceforge to f...

Note the only thing particularly special that SourceForge did however is the "bait and switch" part where they change the filename downloaded.

JohnTHaller on Nov 9, 2013 [–]

That was one of the things I brought up with them and offered up a solution that would not require an offer-based installer that then downloaded the actual file the user wanted. It would be open source and based on work I've done with PortableApps.com for several years.

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