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When Steve Loft was about to retire from involvement with Cumulus, he wanted to close his web server. His server (sandaysoft.com) had hosted the wiki, the support forum, and some of the downloads were at http://sandaysoft.com/downloads. The other downloads (used mostly for beta and special releases) were at http://www.nybbles.co.uk/downloads which was also closed. | When Steve Loft was about to retire from involvement with Cumulus, he wanted to close his web server. His server (sandaysoft.com) had hosted the wiki, the support forum, and some of the downloads were at http://sandaysoft.com/downloads. The other downloads (used mostly for beta and special releases) were at http://www.nybbles.co.uk/downloads which was also closed. | ||
In October 2018, Ken True ("saratogaWX") offered to host the Wiki on his site. The Cumulus 1 software files were downloaded from the links mentioned above, and then added to this "Downloads" page by Ken as part of the migration of the Wiki. | |||
The next month (November 2018), Steve Loft sought a new host for the support forum, as next part of closing his web server. The Cumulus MX beta that Steve Loft was writing and hosting on his web server was available as a download within the support forum. When Niall Hosiene ("Freddie") took over hosting of the forum, all the forum contents were moved | The next month (November 2018), Steve Loft sought a new host for the support forum, as next part of closing his web server. The Cumulus MX beta that Steve Loft was writing and hosting on his web server was available as a download within the support forum. When Niall Hosiene ("Freddie") took over hosting of the forum, all the forum contents, including attached files, were moved to his server. | ||
It appears (as the main page suggests "We've added download links for Cumulus V1 and Cumulus MX in the new Software/Downloads page ") there was a bit of conflict between '''Downloads''' page and '''Software''' page. | It appears (as the main page suggests "We've added download links for Cumulus V1 and Cumulus MX in the new Software/Downloads page ") there was a bit of conflict between '''Downloads''' page and '''Software''' page. | ||
*Ken True created new "Downloads" section in this Wiki referenced from other pages; to this were added the Cumulus 1 final version software download, the help file download and the Cumulus 1 special downloads for Instromet. | *Ken True created new "Downloads" section in this Wiki referenced from other pages; to this were added the Cumulus 1 final version software download, the help file download and the Cumulus 1 special downloads for Instromet. | ||
*Mark Crossley taking over Cumulus MX development created a new Wiki page just for | *Mark Crossley on taking over Cumulus MX development created a new Wiki page just for links to his GitHub pages where the source and distributions for MX are now held (instead of as attachments to forum posts). | ||
*Niall Hosiene | *Niall Hosiene edited the new Software page to make it one destination for both MX and Cumulus 1 software, he overlooked that other pages in this Wiki were linking to the original Downloads page. He was so keen to promote MX, his edit downgraded Cumulus 1 to legacy and the links to the various Cumulus 1 downloads were consequently made harder to spot. | ||
Subsequently: | Subsequently: | ||
#this wiki page has been resurrected for Cumulus 1 | #this wiki page has been resurrected for Cumulus 1 | ||
#the Software page has been improved by Ken True, and now has better links to Cumulus 1 and the patch. | #the Software page has been improved by Ken True, and now has better links to Cumulus 1 and the patch. | ||