When somebody is looking for an older release of Solr, currently it is somewhat non-obvious how to find it. The "download" link on the Solr website *briefly* lands on a page with the proper link, but it only takes three seconds for this page to disappear and be replaced with a "mirror chooser" page where only the latest release can be found.
I see two solutions, and we might want to consider implementing both: 1) Increase the delay on the download page before redirecting to the mirror chooser (15-30 seconds) or eliminate the automatic redirect entirely and just put a link to the mirror chooser on the page. 2) Place a link on the mirror chooser page for the archives. Since this page is automatically generated by a script, I am not sure how much control we have over what shows up there. Normally I think links on the word "here" are bad form, because they are not easily located by site visitors. An archives link on the mirror chooser page is an example of a time when it just might be appropriate. We could have something on the mirror chooser page that says "For older versions, visit the archives here". In this case, it's actually a *good* thing to make that particular link require a second look -- so that a typical user that *does* want the latest version will not be drawn to the link. Perhaps Infra could do this on the mirror chooser page for all projects. I can open an issue with Infra. Thanks, Shawn --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
