On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> Hyrum K Wright wrote on Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:13:16 -0500:
>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:40 AM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net> wrote:
>> > On 06/10/2011 09:40 AM, Hyrum K Wright wrote:
>> >> In getting ready for the 1.7.0 release cycle, we've put together a new
>> >> download page on subversion.apache.org. This page allows us to make
>> >> use of the Apache mirroring infrastructure when distributing new
>> >> releases.
>> >>
>> >> My aim is to have the download page eventually become the canonical
>> >> source for releases, replacing source-code.html (from which it has
>> >> largely copied content). I've got some rudimentary content on that
>> >> page, and will be directing people there in the course of announcing
>> >> the alpha releases, but would appreciate additional eyes.
>> >
>> > I like it. I think I would change "Supported release" to "Supported
>> > release(s)", and include in the section text an explicit mention of 1.6.17.
>> > That might seem redundant in light of the section above it naming 1.6.17 as
>> > the latest release, but for someone navigating via a shared link to
>> > http://subversion.apache.org/download/#supported-release, they won't
>> > necessarily see that bit above.
>> >
>> > I'll make this change myself right now.
>>
>> Thanks! I've got a few more thoughts I'm throwing out here (for
>> nobody in particular).
>>
>> I think there are really two audiences here: people downloading
>> releases, and folks looking to get the source from the repo. I'd like
>> to make /download/ the landing page for the first group, and have it
>> *dirt simple* for them to do what they came for, namely download a
>> Subversion release. As it is, with instructions on how to check stuff
>> out and caveats about nightly builds and such, the page feels too
>> busy, and I'm concerned folks will get lost.
>>
>> So I'd propose we keep source-code.html as the "how to checkout our
>> code and build from such a working copy", and /download/ as "how to
>> get a release". I'm not in a position to actually effect this change
>> for bit, but I'll eventually get around to it if nobody else does.
>>
>
> While at it, why not move the 'nightly releases' bit to the source-code page?
>
> They are far closer to trunk than to any other thing we call 'release'
> (alphas included).
Agreed.
-Hyrum
Received on 2011-06-10 19:05:26 CEST