I think we should keep the versioned documentation page separate from the
release page.

The docs index page(https://polaris.apache.org/docs/), provides information
about which versions are currently active and which are end of life. I am
not sure this release status information belongs there. It might be better
to move release related details to the release page(
https://polaris.apache.org/downloads/). The current release page already
includes all download links as well as the release notes, so it seems like
a more natural place for that information.

By the way, did we ever discuss end of life policy on the mailing list? I
do not recall a specific thread about it recently.

Yufei


On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 7:32 AM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> "Downloads" sounds more intuitive to me too (wearing a user's hat).
>
> Cheers,
> Dmitri.
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM Alexandre Dutra <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > While working on some improvements to the web site [1], I briefly
> > suggested renaming the current "Releases" section to "Downloads" in
> > order to better reflect the contents of the section.
> >
> > Today I realized that the section was called "Downloads" before (!)
> > and was renamed "Releases" back in November [2].
> >
> > But the reasons for the renaming are not clear.
> >
> > My arguments for reverting to "Downloads" are:
> >
> > - It perfectly describes the content of the section.
> >
> > - We have two sections that organize content by releases:
> > "Documentation" and the current "Releases" (ex-Downloads) section;
> > IOW, both have an equal claim to be called "Releases", which is why
> > none of them should take that title.
> >
> > Wdyt?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alex
> >
> > [1]: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/3902
> > [2]: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/2928
> >
>

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