Yeah, I made similar murmurings the other day. In general, it seems we
should favor the OSes for whom Subversion doesn't come via a semi-automated
package management system.
Bert Huijben wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cmpilato_at_apache.org [mailto:cmpilato_at_apache.org]
>> Sent: maandag 25 januari 2010 23:57
>> To: commits_at_subversion.apache.org
>> Subject: svn commit: r903006 - in /subversion/site/publish: getting.html
>> packages.html
>>
>> Author: cmpilato
>> Date: Mon Jan 25 22:57:07 2010
>> New Revision: 903006
>>
>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=903006&view=rev
>> Log:
>> Move binary package listing to their own page.
>>
>> * site/publish/packages.html
>> Fork from "getting.html", heavily reformat, and add some JavaScript
>> cuteness to allow quick jumps to packages.
>
> Maybe the Windows packages need a more prominent location instead of 5 pages down on a more than average screensize.
> I don't think the Aix packages which are the first on screen, come anything near the number of downloads of the Windows binaries.
>
> The Apache 2.0 Windows binaries are only available for Subversion 1.5.X on tigris.org, so that link could be a bit less prominent compared to the 2.2 version or users are downloading a 1.5.6 version instead of 1.6.9.
>
> Bert
>
>
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Received on 2010-01-26 17:44:51 CET