On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Andrew Wetmore <cottag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?] > > npm install @apache-royale/royale-js -g npm install @apache-royale/royale-js-swf -g Thanks, Om > > === > > > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 1/29/18, 10:43 AM, "Andrew Wetmore" <cottag...@gmail.com> 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/ >
