IMO, we need to list the source package first.  Apache is about source.

This is why I still think about a marketing site and domain that is more
like the other JS frameworks out there.

Here is the FlexJS 0.8.0 Download page in case it helps:
http://flex.apache.org/download-flexjs.html

My 2 cents,
-Alex

On 1/29/18, 1:13 PM, "Andrew Wetmore" <[email protected]> wrote:

>If you post that text to the website, make sure the links are not broken
>by
>and that "_" characters have not been inserted.
>
>On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Piotr Zarzycki
><[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>> Om,
>>
>> Does that install our release or Nightly ?
>>
>>
>> 2018-01-29 22:09 GMT+01:00 OmPrakash Muppirala <[email protected]>:
>>
>> > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Andrew Wetmore <[email protected]>
>> > 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:
>> > > 
>>https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apach
>>e.org%2Fdyn%2Fcloser.lua%2Froyale%2F0.9.0%2F&data=02%7C01%7Caharui%40adob
>>e.com%7C3aa0fa65f1a54076402808d5675d393e%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178dece
>>e1%7C0%7C0%7C636528572460355078&sdata=qrvEPrliQLiH57E%2BKKdp04FHCOX7bHB7l
>>xSGMjxmg3g%3D&reserved=0
>> > > binaries/apache-royale-0.9.0-bin-js.tar.gz
>> > > 
>>https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apach
>>e.org%2Fdyn%2Fcloser.lua%2Froyale%2F0.9.0%2F&data=02%7C01%7Caharui%40adob
>>e.com%7C3aa0fa65f1a54076402808d5675d393e%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178dece
>>e1%7C0%7C0%7C636528572460355078&sdata=qrvEPrliQLiH57E%2BKKdp04FHCOX7bHB7l
>>xSGMjxmg3g%3D&reserved=0
>> > > binaries/apache-royale-0.9.0-bin-js.zip
>> > >
>> > > To create JavaScript or Flash applications:
>> > > 
>>https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apach
>>e.org%2Fdyn%2Fcloser.lua%2Froyale%2F0.9.0%2F&data=02%7C01%7Caharui%40adob
>>e.com%7C3aa0fa65f1a54076402808d5675d393e%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178dece
>>e1%7C0%7C0%7C636528572460355078&sdata=qrvEPrliQLiH57E%2BKKdp04FHCOX7bHB7l
>>xSGMjxmg3g%3D&reserved=0
>> > > binaries/apache-royale-0.9.0-bin-js-swf.tar.gz
>> > > 
>>https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apach
>>e.org%2Fdyn%2Fcloser.lua%2Froyale%2F0.9.0%2F&data=02%7C01%7Caharui%40adob
>>e.com%7C3aa0fa65f1a54076402808d5675d393e%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178dece
>>e1%7C0%7C0%7C636528572460355078&sdata=qrvEPrliQLiH57E%2BKKdp04FHCOX7bHB7l
>>xSGMjxmg3g%3D&reserved=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
>><[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
>> > >
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>>
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