On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:46 AM, HansBKK <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would suggest that right up at the top of that page be a statement
> somewhat along these lines:
>
> ----
> The core Leo code is always being improved and developed, using a
> rigorous unit-testing blah-blah that ensures that the daily commits
> are as bug-free as possible. In fact (insert #% or qualifier) of the
> time, downloading the most recent "nightly snapshot" of the
> development code from our version control system Bazaar (link to here
> http://www.greygreen.org/leo/) is going to give you code that is just
> as stable and much more up-to-date than the most recent "release"
> available here (link to http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/files/OldFiles/),
> which most Leonistas would at this point consider already outdated. If
> you are just checking Leo out, feel free to use the latter release
> download if it makes you feel more secure, but once you've decided to
> work with Leo on a regular basis, we highly recommend regularly
> keeping your installation up to date with the most recent snapshot.

Many thanks for this most excellent writing.  I envy those who can
produce this kind of friendly, chatty, clear and informative writing.
I'll put it up asap.

> Only after you've addressed the needs of "mere users" should there be
> a section, or again a link to a separate page for programmers who may
> be interested in helping to develop Leo, and make it clear that Bazaar
> is the way to go for them (and currently only them), and only then add
> a note about Bazaar's current problems with memory usage and any Leo-
> specific suggestions and workarounds, again clearly targeted to that
> particular audience.

I just finished getting leo-editor installed on my brother's machine.
It's not so easy.  Otoh, pulling the latest version is definitely the
easiest way.

Still, I think this suggestion has merit, provided it is also made
clear that bzr isn't only for developers.

Edward

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