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

[Sebastian]

> Am 03.06.2016 um 23:55 schrieb Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:
> 
> Switching to the maintainers list
> 
>> On Jun 3, 2016, at 7:09 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Jun 3, 2016, at 1:46 AM, Sebastian Schöps <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Mike Miller-4 wrote
>>>> This reads to me like you are both suggesting that this homebrew-based
>>>> binary installer could become an official installer for any OS X user,
>>>> is that right?
>>> 
>>> Yes. We somehow need to take of the dependencies and it seems a clever
>>> choice to to this via a package manager. There are three possibilities for
>>> the Mac Fink, Macports and homebrew. We chose because a couple of reasons,
>>> mainly because of "social reasons", i.e, the homebrew community is very open
>>> and super responsive.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mike Miller-4 wrote
>>>> If yes, then can someone please update the primary OS X wiki page to
>>>> make the binary downloader be immediately visible and primary on that
>>>> page? I think visitors to the page
>>>> 
>>>> http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X
>> 
>> I’ve made some changes yesterday and more today. Essentially I elevated the 
>> bundle info from the bottom of the page to the top and added links to the 
>> downloads, as suggested. Please take a look.
>> 
>>      http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Installing_a_Mac_OS_X_Bundle
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> The link to the beta installer is getting too much traffic for DropBox.
> 
>       Error (429)
> 
>       This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been 
> temporarily disabled!
> 
> Perhaps it is time for a more appropriate host. What is needed to add a “mac” 
> directory to ftp.gnu.org.gnu/octave?
> 
>       https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/mac
> 
> And how are uploads managed?

I could convince dropbox to give me more traffic but indeed I would be a good 
time to switch. 

Sebastian