#131: Public release timetable suitable for users
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Reporter: dons | Owner: dons
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: Platform | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Old description:
> Claus Reinke has proposed:
>
> > The idea is simply to have a single dated news item that lists current
> and next release versions, either with date or with reasons for delays,
> and to add a link to the release timetable for more detailed information
> (since the platform logo is used elsewhere, it might be good to provide a
> variant with automatically overlaid version number).
>
> * http://projects.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-
> platform/2010-May/000972.html
New description:
Claus Reinke has proposed:
> The idea is simply to have a single dated news item that lists current
and next release versions, either with date or with reasons for delays,
and to add a link to the release timetable for more detailed information
(since the platform logo is used elsewhere, it might be good to provide a
variant with automatically overlaid version number).
* http://projects.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-
platform/2010-May/000972.html
In particular,
More generally, could the current status of the platform please
be made *obvious early* on its webpages? Currently, a visit
looking for such info might go like this:
1. http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/
doesn't say anything about versions or timelines
2. http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/contents.html
gives GHC versions, without linking them to HP versions
or timelines
3. http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/windows.html
lists current version and timeline of older versions (good),
but does not state that the current version is a beta, nor
does it indicate that there is a stable version due, or what
problems are keeping the beta from becoming stable
4. http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell_Platform
does not offer much info, but seems to be the only page
linking to
5. http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/
no current version info, release time table is only for package
maintainers, none of the "open bug reports" has a 2010.x
milestone
6. http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/wiki/ReleaseTimetable
THERE!-) This is the information I was looking for, at least part
of it! But where is the rest?
I suggest the following changes as a minimum improvement:
- link to 6 directly from 1 (even better: insert cute calendar with
highlighted release timelines on 1!-)
- add current version overview for each OS to 1 (in case the
per-OS versions are out of sync)
- add trac links to 6 that list the showstopper tickets for
the current release (this assumes that the showstoppers
have trac tickets and, preferably, milestone and severity
information)
- add info about next release and blocking issues to 3 (and to
the other OS-specific pages) - downloaders should not have
to guess that the current version is a beta, or what problems
have been found with it
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