On 20 Mar 2007, at 00:33, :murb: (maarten brouwers) wrote:
Hi Shaun,
Mac builds, once passed QA are placed onto the mirror network and
into the bouncer. All the recent links for the Mac downloads are
using the bouncer. Take a look at the links at <http://
porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/x11.html> (Excluding the old Mac
OS X 10.2.X). All of the links use the bouncer, except the "Other
Downloads" page, which is to the FTP server for the official Mac
milestone and potential release builds. Once they are QA'ed they are
copied to the mirror network and added to the bouncer.
Ok ... should Mac then not be part of the other builds then...
since that
was the original idea behind 'other builds' and no other builds? or
do you
want users first to visit the mac page... and that would then be the
explanation of 'other builds'... builds that need some explanation
before
downloading? (e.g. about x11).
We need to be clear about this...
It is the phrase "Our thoroughly tested builds" that throws me. The
Mac builds are often held from release if they are not up to scratch.
This is why several de releases have been withheld. As far as I can
tell, this page is just a page to choose your Operating System, so
that you get the right download. Why not title it "Choose your
Operating System - you will either have your download start
immediately or be taken to another page to choose your download". If
a user want to use OpenOffice.org, there will usually only be one
place to get it for their Operating System. Why make it complicated
by having 2 different types of Operating System? All Operating
Systems would then be treated as equal for the download. That way it
is simpler for users.
With the release of OpenOffice.org 2.2, there will be 4 downloads
(ignoring language) for the Mac, half of these are legacy. Once we
have a universal binary and aqua released, then I would be happy to
have direct links on your page, until then I would prefer to give
users extra information about X11 and processor choice before
download. The key is to have the universal binary, so that there is
only one download for both PPC and Intel users (Unless we have 2
links, Mac OS X PPC and Mac OS X Intel, though many users don't know
the difference). Also having the Aqua removes the dependancy of X11,
which makes it easier for the user.
The page also takes you to the legacy downloads, if the user scrolls
down and looks on the right.
Looking at the link on the right of your download page, there is a
link to
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.0.3/index.html#macosx
on this page it has a link to the old Mac OS X download page.
Please can somebody change the link to
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/x11-102.html
from
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/ooo-osx_downloads.html
Shaun
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