Wubi download is in a loop

[Mitch Dabbas]

Browsing through askubuntu.com yesterday, I found out the users can`t download Wubi. So I went to the site and tried downloading it myself, and it was going in a loop. I file a bug report via E-mail. Email content were as follows:
Browsing through askubuntu.com unanswered questions, I found this question:
Windows installer for Ubuntu Desktop
when I click on " start download " in
"http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer "
it does`nt work
and it guides me for installing ubuntu desktop in this page :
http://www.ubuntu.com/download
what should I do ?
thanks
I started to see what the problem is, and found out the site is in a loop, and it will not allow the download of the windows installer. Please can you have a look?

Thanks

Mitch

I got a replay saying that information is missing so I replied back with the information needed. I have not received any response back yet, and I can`t see it in my account.

Can you please help.

Thanks

[Thomas Ward (teward)]

Individiually confirmed an issue by myself.

[Nicholas Skaggs (nskaggs)]

It appears there are some mirrors that serve bad links -- these at least all worked for me:

http://releases.ubuntu.com//precise/wubi.exe
http://mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/ubuntu-releases//precise/wubi.exe
http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com/releases//precise/wubi.exe
http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/sites/releases.ubuntu.com/releases//precise/wubi.exe
http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu-releases//precise/wubi.exe
http://mirror01.th.ifl.net/releases//precise/wubi.exe
http://gb.releases.ubuntu.com//precise/wubi.exe

[Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure)]

I've just tested this, and the "Start download" link at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer is working fine for me. It brings me to http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?distro=wubi&release=&bits= where a download for wubi.exe starts automatically.

This works correctly for me (i.e., I am unable to reproduce this bug) in:
- Firefox 13.0 [firefox 13.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1], on Ubuntu Precise
- Chromium 18.0.1025.168 (Developer Build 134367 Linux) [chromium-browser 18.0.1025.168~r134367-0ubuntu0.12.04.1], on Ubuntu Precise
- Google Chrome 19.0.1084.52 m, on Windows 7

If you had this bug before, do you still have it now? If not, perhaps it's just been fixed, or perhaps the problem is just with mirrors serving bad links, as Nicholas Skaggs has suggested.