Author: hwright
Date: Fri Jun 10 13:07:42 2011
New Revision: 1134306
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1134306&view=rev
Log:
More work on the download page, pointing out that 1.7.0-alpha1 is a pre-release,
and add a link to 1.6.17 at the tirgis downloads area. Also put some text in
the INSTALLING section.
* publish/download/download.html
(pre-release, latest-release): New.
(installing): New.
Modified:
subversion/site/publish/download/download.html
Modified: subversion/site/publish/download/download.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/download/download.html?rev=1134306&r1=1134305&r2=1134306&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- subversion/site/publish/download/download.html (original)
+++ subversion/site/publish/download/download.html Fri Jun 10 13:07:42 2011
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
<div class="notice">
-<p><strong>Note:</strong> Subversion 1.7 is <em>not released yet</em>, and
-this page is still under construction. Please see the
+<p><strong>Note:</strong>This page is still under construction. Please see the
<a href="/source-code.html">source code</a> page until this notice
disappears.</p>
</div>
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ disappears.</p>
<div class="bigpoint">
<p>The best available version of Apache Subversion
- is: <a href="docs/release-notes/1.7.html">1.7.0-alpha1</a></p>
+ is: <a href="#latest-release">1.6.17</a></p>
</div> <!-- .bigpoint -->
<p>Use the links below to download Apache Subversion from our of our mirrors.
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ disappears.</p>
the downloaded files using signatures downloaded from our main
directory.</p>
-<p>The following are the currently support versions of Subversion. Older
+<p>The following are the currently supported versions of Subversion. Older
releases are available from the
<a href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/";>archive download
site</a>.</p>
@@ -63,23 +62,6 @@ Other mirrors:
</div> <!-- #mirror -->
-<p>You can install Subversion by compiling
- its <a href="#source-release" >source code release</a> directly, or
- you can install one of the <a href="packages.html" >prepackaged
- binaries</a> if there is one for your operating system. Unless a
- release has "<tt>alpha</tt>", "<tt>beta</tt>", or "<tt>rc</tt>" in
- its name, it is tested and considered stable for production
- use.</p>
-
-<p>When upgrading, just install "on top of" the older release.
- Subversion 1.x is forward-compatible with any newer 1.y. No
- repository upgrade is required. As long as client and server both
- have the same major release number (1), olders clients will work
- with newer servers and newer clients will work with older servers.
- The only caveat is that if the client and server minor release
- numbers don't match (e.g., 1.0 and 1.1), then some of the features
- of the newer release may not be activated.</p>
-
<div class="h2" id="source-release">
<h2>Source Release
<a class="sectionlink" href="#source-release"
@@ -96,7 +78,31 @@ Other mirrors:
Since we're just starting out with ASF infrastructure, it may take a while to
fill up the above queue. -->
-<p>Subversion 1.7.0-alpha1</p>
+<div class="h3" id="latest-release">
+<h3>Latest Release
+ <a class="sectionlink" href="#latest-release"
+ title="Link to this section">¶</a>
+</h3>
+
+<p>The latest release is 1.6.17. It can be found in the Tigris
+<a
href="http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=260&expandFolder=74";>Source
Releases Area</a>.</p>
+
+</div> <!-- #latest-release -->
+
+<div class="h3" id="pre-releases">
+<h3>Pre-releases Release
+ <a class="sectionlink" href="#pre-releases"
+ title="Link to this section">¶</a>
+</h3>
+
+<div class="bigpoint">
+<p>The following releases are offered for pre-release testing. The usual
+ caveats apply, including the fact that there are known issues, and APIs and
+ file formats may change before the final release. Please report any issues
+ to <a href="[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p style="text-align: center;">Subversion 1.7.0-alpha1</p>
<table border="1" id="latest">
<tr>
<th>File</th>
@@ -120,6 +126,8 @@ fill up the above queue. -->
</tr>
</table>
+</div> <!-- #pre-releases -->
+
<p>Windows users should download <tt>.zip</tt> files. For all other operating
systems, download <tt>.tar.gz</tt> or <tt>.tar.bz2</tt> files. See the
instructions in the
@@ -172,6 +180,31 @@ Textutils</a>.</p>
</div> <!-- #verifying -->
+<div class="h2" id="installing">
+<h2>Installing Subversion
+ <a class="sectionlink" href="#installing"
+ title="Link to this section">¶</a>
+</h2>
+
+<p>You can install Subversion by compiling
+ its <a href="#source-release" >source code release</a> directly, or
+ you can install one of the <a href="packages.html" >prepackaged
+ binaries</a> if there is one for your operating system. Unless a
+ release has "<tt>alpha</tt>", "<tt>beta</tt>", or "<tt>rc</tt>" in
+ its name, it is tested and considered stable for production
+ use.</p>
+
+<p>When upgrading, just install "on top of" the older release.
+ Subversion 1.x is forward-compatible with any newer 1.y. No
+ repository upgrade is required. As long as client and server both
+ have the same major release number (1), olders clients will work
+ with newer servers and newer clients will work with older servers.
+ The only caveat is that if the client and server minor release
+ numbers don't match (e.g., 1.0 and 1.1), then some of the features
+ of the newer release may not be activated.</p>
+
+</div> <!-- #installing -->
+
<div class="h2" id="source-svn">
<h2>Checking Out Subversion
<a class="sectionlink" href="#source-svn"
