Re: Linux Downloads page change

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com> wrote:

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> On Jul 9, 2012 5:31 AM, "Magnus Hagander" <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com> 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

--Scottie

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