Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U2cGT-0005OB-MG for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:44:21 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U2cGS-0006TB-KH for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:44:20 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([87.238.57.229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U2cGR-0006T5-RN for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:44:19 +0000 Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U2cGP-0007ca-PS for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:44:19 +0000 Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id o1so3826543wic.17 for ; Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:44:16 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=F4MEu93YDZF+PtC67jpBDRyzNWaejS2YLXWVdvMlbks=; b=llxDk8vGkOG/smguo1wkILNH2ZEazVklMZlC2X2sn/xAJnoak675n0YqPdyXGw/TbQ Ex46uElLI+Ml0kOcFiLZXqg4Khrl6dOynZOyqGNq4pJO7Yt63Fhvc8UTipq9P6TeCkmj z0I6NX0ikmqO4/ifmrzEDoAS8BDNdh/JmwsCPvScPIp117lWVr8pHlkR4DyuqsXioJbM 8I4yuQXFtOroE7144ah1z32QLPi5Yu2Q49kTMvu8yWUdaRwGDCdF6oj3QPQJyTCvjLQG Mf9xH7t5Ds9OGjj19hIAaWQRZkQsUxkAPH8JxokUqo3QqCNa4ZJCOxVopchShuxDoqw+ vvKg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.106.231 with SMTP id gx7mr14835275wib.4.1360046656288; Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:44:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.157.34 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Feb 2013 22:44:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.157.34 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Feb 2013 22:44:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1360033113.20614.4.camel@vanquo.pezone.net> References: <1360033113.20614.4.camel@vanquo.pezone.net> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 07:44:16 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: source download link in installation instructions From: Magnus Hagander To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: pgsql-docs Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f234ce3d3768204d4f489fd X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnA5CYRYbv08U8VuLi/iCTksa21YFam5kXkD29SVkmDf0UGW9BI1OlZuFkuKn6ToZq7QP4r X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org --e89a8f234ce3d3768204d4f489fd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Feb 5, 2013 3:58 AM, "Peter Eisentraut" wrote: > > The installation instructions in the devel branch > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/install-getsource.html > > contain a direct link to the tarball download > > ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v9.3devel/postgresql-9.3devel.tar.gz > > which doesn't exist. It will presumably exist once there is a final > release, but I think it's bad to have that link broken in the meantime, > especially when beta comes around. It's also not clear whether ftp and > tar.gz are necessarily the preferred download means anymore. > > Should we just provide a link to http://www.postgresql.org/download/ or > http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/ instead? Or perhaps just "ifdef" > out the broken link in the devel versions? Linking to /download/ seems like the best thing. Both because it gives you a list of all the options, and because we don't lock into a specific structure on the site. Not that we've change it recently, but links in the docs are very permanent.. /Magnus --e89a8f234ce3d3768204d4f489fd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Feb 5, 2013 3:58 AM, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> The installation instructions in the devel branch
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> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/install-getsource.html=
>
> contain a direct link to the tarball download
>
> ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v9.3devel/postgresql-9.3= devel.tar.gz
>
> which doesn't exist. =A0It will presumably exist once there is a f= inal
> release, but I think it's bad to have that link broken in the mean= time,
> especially when beta comes around. =A0It's also not clear whether = ftp and
> tar.gz are necessarily the preferred download means anymore.
>
> Should we just provide a link to http://www.postgresql.org/download/ or
> http://www.postgresq= l.org/ftp/source/ instead? =A0Or perhaps just "ifdef"
> out the broken link in the devel versions?

Linking to /download/ seems like the best thing. Both becaus= e it gives you a list of all the options, and because we don't lock int= o a specific structure on the site. Not that we've change it recently, = but links in the docs are very permanent..

/Magnus

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