What about text like this for the download page on the website? === The current version of Apache Royale is 0.9.0, released in January, 2018. It is beta-quality. This means that Royale may not work entirely as you or we want it to, and that certain “standard” components or functions are not yet available. However, you can create applications in Royale and compile them to run either in a browser window or on the Flash/AIR platforms.
*Download *the compiled (binary) version of Royale from one of the Apache mirror sites: To create JavaScript applications only: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/royale/0.9.0/binaries/apache-royale-0.9.0-bin-js.tar.gz http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/royale/0.9.0/binaries/apache-royale-0.9.0-bin-js.zip To create JavaScript or Flash applications: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/royale/0.9.0/binaries/apache-royale-0.9.0-bin-js-swf.tar.gz http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/royale/0.9.0/binaries/apache-royale-0.9.0-bin-js-swf.zip Copy the contents of the download into a directory on your computer, then connect it to the IDE you are using. *NPM*: If you use npm, [WHAT GOES HERE?] === On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 1/29/18, 10:43 AM, "Andrew Wetmore" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I as a reader would want to see a summary of what is in the release, where > >and how to get it, and what to do with it once I have it. The same > >information would go into the appropriate pages in the help docs. I can do > >a rough cut based on what I see in the README files, unless somebody with > >more knowledge wants to do the first draft. > > Go for it. I don't have time for that today. > > > >On that front, here is a naive reader's question: I see lots of > >instructions in the README about compiling Royale, as if that were > >something I would always have to do. Then, almost as a throw-away, I see > >notes about the already-compiled binaries. Does EVERYBODY download and > >build Royale for themselves? I would have thought your average app-builder > >would start with the compiled binaries and just want to know how to > >reference them from the IDE of choice. > > Apache is very source-code oriented since it is about Open Source. In > fact, to Apache, the binaries are not official releases, just convenience > artifacts. So websites, readme's and lots of other things are supposed to > be about working from the source code. > > We could put a different README in the binary artifacts. I just don't > know how many people will read it instead of the "Get Started" we put on > the docs page soon. > > HTH, > -Alex > > -- Andrew Wetmore http://cottage14.blogspot.com/
