Re: [PATCH] subversion binaries available from OpenCSW project

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 09:44:36AM -0400, Mark Phippard wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Stefan Sperling<stsp_at_elego.de> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 02:02:16AM +0200, Neels Janosch Hofmeyr wrote:
> >> Mike Watters wrote:
> >> > attached is a patch that will update the getting.html page to include
> >> > the binary distributions available at
> >> http://www.opencsw.org/packages/subversion
> >>
> >> r38026, but
> >>
> >> - Out of personal partial perception, I'm not putting your link at the top
> >> of the list, above CollabNet's certified binaries.
> >
> > We usually just add any submitted links to the bottom of the lists.
> > Patch submitters usually put them on top.
> >
> > CollabNet's binaries aren't more special than others.
>
> I've not looked at the page recently, but I helped with the last
> redesign. One thing I had done was make everything alphabetized (list
> of OS's and then list of packages for an OS). That seemed like the
> easiest way to not play any favorites.

Good idea. What about a small comment at the top of the list
which asks people to keep things alphabetized?
It might not always be seen but could help a small bit.

Stefan

Index: www/getting.html
===================================================================
--- www/getting.html (revision 38031)
+++ www/getting.html (working copy)
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
 fast as they can to make binaries available.</b></p>
 </div>
 
+<!-- When adding operating systems or package providers to this list,
+ please keep the list in alphabetical order. -->
 <table width="700" border="1" cellpadding="4" class="sborder" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; text-align: center;">
     <tr align="left" valign="top">
       <td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Subversion Binary Packages</strong></div></td>
@@ -202,8 +204,8 @@
       <div id="solaris" title="solaris">
         <a href="http://www.collab.net/downloads/subversion/solaris.html">
         CollabNet</a> (Certified binaries, SPARC & x86)<br/>
+ OpenCSW (SPARC &amp; i386)
         <a href="http://www.sunfreeware.com/">Sunfreeware</a> (SPARC &amp; i386)<br/>
- OpenCSW (SPARC &amp; i386)
       </div> <!-- solaris -->
       </td>
Received on 2009-06-14 16:48:49 CEST