i think moving it to the bottom or renaming the source code link is a good idea. maybe just rename the source link to 'Get PD Source Code For All Platforms'. the gray colored 'Source tarball' can be missed if you're in a hurry.
scott On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Joel Matthys <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I totally understand the political argument for placing src first. I > guess the debate comes down to how far we want to go to make things easier > for new users. To me, this seems like a move that may help avoid confusion > and frustration among new users, a very important demographic for the > future of the project, and it doesn't seem like it would be a violation of > our FOSS philosophy. > > On the other hand, I *don't* support the idea of putting all of the > "major" platforms at the top. Start with BSD, by all means. For me, it's > just the phrase "all platforms" at the top of the page that caused the > confusion. > > Joel > > > > On 09/30/2012 10:20 AM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: > >> On 09/30/2012 01:36 PM, Antonio Roberts wrote: >> >>> If the proposed change means that I can save five or more minutes then >>> I fully support moving the source code download to the bottom of the >>> page >>> >> so which one should be first? bsd? >> >> (personally i prefer src as first entry for political reasons; otoh, a >> system like on sourceforge, where the top-download is determined based >> on the client's OS might be most helpful; however, i don't know how to >> implement that in the current framework) >> >> fmsar >> IOhannes >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/** >> listinfo/pd-list <http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/** > listinfo/pd-list <http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >
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