Unable to download 2.x releases

i would be more neutral on this point of view here... both have their reasons, both are right ...

what i would suggest is that the 2.x forums are taken back to their state, and designated as "Historical Archives Only for References"... people can download at their own risk (the forum description is not complicated to edit!), and no possibility to post new messages, because these releases are not supported anymore.

I see why the site is not for archives, you do not have to provide archives for the coders or else, but you do it anyway... so the thing is .. "how to provide this archive"... a lot of times the stuff in the graveyard was discussed because people wanted to be able to download the files even when the scripts were obsolete etc... there is always reasons why people do that, and that's boring *(yeah yeah, people needs it!)... so, one thing could be that you just lock the forums so there is no more life out there, and you give the right to download these archives... they are stocked anyway, you did not delete them...

for me, the day when a coder is offline for 3 months means he will never support his plugins anymore... even when they are tagged supported... they are kept in the forum because people are supporting them between them... this is a wrong thing to do... i would see that when a coder is 3 months away, we lock his threads and the products are downloadable - and unsupported ...

same for the 2.x stuff... with no support, the visits in these forums will slow down a lot in no time... and nobody will argue anymore because they can continue to download them...

my 2¢ (canadian $ btw!)