Official Joomla Release urls require passwords?

[vdrover]

I need to download some older Joomla! releases and went to the official releases page here:

http://www.joomla.org/content/blogcategory/32/66/

The links for the full packages either require a password or take me to a empty file 'listing' on joomlacode.org.

Is this an error or have the packages been moved? If they've been moved, updating the official release announcements might be prudent.

Edit:

Access to older versions is really important to people who have customized core files and now need to upgrade. As they can then diff their custom joomla with a default install of that version

[Tonie]

They used to be available, don't know why there are hidden now. I'll ask around.

[Tonie]

The older versions have been hidden due to security reasons, for developers it's easy enough to use the SVN build numbers and create a release from there.

That said, the front page should reflect that and also be changed so there won't be any confusion.

[vdrover]

Cheers mate. Appreciate the explanation.