Re: Download site could do with pointers to other releases and link to KEYS file

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:23 AM, sebb <sebbaz_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7 September 2011 14:13, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
>> I think a HEADER.html that links to our download page (that already
>> has all that information) would be fine?
>
> That's not nearly as convenient as having the information on the same
> page (though a link to the download page would be useful).
> Also the headers/footers are mirrored worldwide; download page has
> only 2 mirrors.

I guess I may not fully understand the problem you are trying to
solve. As a project, we universally direct people to
subversion.apache.org/download/ as the place to get our source
packages. Rarely do we expect people to go directly to w.a.o/dist/,
and if they do, we should expect that they at least have some idea
what they are doing.

Having some kind of documentation to inform the wayward souls who
stray to w.a.o/dist/ rather than s.a.o/download/ would be nice, but it
shouldn't duplicate the content of s.a.o/download/. I think we'd all
rather maintain one set of docs and just redirect people there (with
the added bonus that it get more folks to use the mirror network).

> It's easy enough to modify one of the existing header/footer files for
> use with Subversion.

That should be fine.

-Hyrum

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