Re: Impossible to download a boost source from bintray: 403 Forbidden

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-06-06 20:24:14

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 10:54 AM 😉 Good Guy 😉 via Boost-users <
boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 06/06/2020 18:33, Eisuke Kawashima via Boost-users wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I cannot download a boost source from bintray, e.g.,
> >
> https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.73.0/source/boost_1_73_0.tar.bz2
> > returns 403 Forbidden.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> This happens once a month when the monthly quota for free hosting has
> reached its maximum.  Boost relies on free hosting of their cdn and so
> they are at a mercy of the hosting provider - IBM.
>
> I think Google Firebase would be a better option because that is also
> free but I was told it is not an option because of the work involved to
> moving the repository on to Firebase.
>

I just took a loot at Google Firebase, and the free tier (10 GB/month)
would last us (much) less than an hour.

-- Marshall