public inbox for [email protected]
help / color / mirror / Atom feedFrom: Scott Mead <[email protected]>
To: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Linux Downloads page change
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:26:10 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKq0gvLgMbAt95Lwr+NkkV5i+GH2W6aVyqBwmK9EquvENTcuCA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKq0gvKGb4_u0bfnvXE85AccB_a0b0aFy+BJ2tPvb1fmd1o4jA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKq0gvKgeckkBa0xm6xsrmNvk=Cm6zPP4n1O3CQCvDUvCYCs8w@mail.gmail.com>
<CABUevEyONmEeqwU4VJgs8vTV3yW3dsNLPiFfPnAKJOCLgYbvYA@mail.gmail.com>
<CAKq0gvL-s4_Mk0ztGh+yywH5v4Jvnm2Fs2k-gq2wcrW+kfY2xQ@mail.gmail.com>
<[email protected]>
<[email protected]>
<[email protected]>
<CA+OCxoxExqHx_ZNRpvmJpVoNCOa9yO4C3HTZ4Ob7e32Wn2+fcQ@mail.gmail.com>
<CABUevEzm09To=uzW=+F==G98HK2YZNXsXwv+NW-7uOgqGLOxoQ@mail.gmail.com>
<CAKq0gvLS7wXzBuvxAHHGFd81EYJHaESXYRwoBXjpivCKjGir3A@mail.gmail.com>
<CABUevEwCkxXPJyW4zGw9Uhrq2cw2esSZAe+NN72pz-+t37u-4w@mail.gmail.com>
<CAKq0gvKQ_44fgTfCvFOtHVWg5==miS5R3Z4L32Tv5mH0wRJp0g@mail.gmail.com>
<CAKq0gvKGb4_u0bfnvXE85AccB_a0b0aFy+BJ2tPvb1fmd1o4jA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Scott Mead <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Scott Mead <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2012 5:31 AM, "Magnus Hagander" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Scott Mead <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> > That aside though, the code must be 100% open source to be listed
>> on
>> > >> > those download pages; Scottie, where can people find the spec
>> files,
>> > >> > BitRock XML files or whatever?
>> > >
>> > > In the past we have always provided them upon request ( we were
>> asked only
>> > > nce :). But we can work that out, no problem.
>> >
>> > Yes, please look into that.
>> >
>> >
>> > >> While I agree with that requirement in general, we should apply it
>> > >> fairly. AFAICT the latest release of the EDB installers that had
>> > >> sourcecode with it was 9.0.2 - I have a hard time seeing that nothing
>> > >> would've changed since... None of the changes that have been
>> discussed
>> > >> on the lists here in the past couple of months are anywhere to be
>> > >> seen.. So should we remove the EDB installers from the page as well?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> > Also, I took a quick look at the GIT history for the download
>> pages,
>> > >> > and as far as I can see there weren't any links to these RPMs in
>> the
>> > >> > past, so I'm not sure what has been removed exactly. Scott; can you
>> > >> > point me at the commit that changed what you're referring to
>> please?
>> > >>
>> > >> I assume he's referring to:
>> > >> -<p><a href="http://www.openscg.org/postgresql/packages
>> ">Download</a>
>> > >> the packages from OpenSCG.<
>> > >> -<p><i>The multi-platform binary packages are maintained by <a
>> > >> href="http://www.openscg.org">Open
>> > >>
>> > >> from commit b282714a097f767b258e469fb80225b638864a19. They used to be
>> > >> on the "generic linux" page, as well as on the "generic downloads
>> > >> page". They are now only on the "generic downloads page".
>> > >
>> > > Exactly, this is the link I was talking about.
>> >
>> > Given that the whole idea of the redesign is to help people figure out
>> > why they should choose the different options, can you provide a patch
>> > to that page that actually includes a good description of *why* these
>> > would be preferable to the standard RPMs?
>>
>> Absolutely, I'm boarding a flight now, but will work on it once I hit
>> 10,000 ft.
>>
> PFA a patch for the linux download pages
>
Any feedback on these pages?
--Scott
>
> --Scottie
>
>
>
>> --Scottie
>>
>> >
>> > --
>> > Magnus Hagander
>> > Me: http://www.hagander.net/
>> > Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
>>
>
>
view thread (56+ messages) latest in thread
reply
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: Linux Downloads page change
In-Reply-To: <CAKq0gvLgMbAt95Lwr+NkkV5i+GH2W6aVyqBwmK9EquvENTcuCA@mail.gmail.com>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by agora; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox