On Oct 1, 2011, at 8:08 AM, john Culleton wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:00:58 -0600 > Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> wrote: > >> >> On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Mike Sleger wrote: >> >>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:56 AM, john Culleton wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:25:47 -0400 >>>> Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex at scribus.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 1:17 PM, john Culleton wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Now why doesn't the download page say that more clearly? I don't >>>>>> have a good answer. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> John Culleton >>>>>> Wexford Press >>>>>> "Create Book Covers with Scribus" >>>>>> http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html >>>>> >>>>> John, >>>>> >>>>> I updated the information on the Download page at >>>>> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download. Please check it out and >>>>> leave your comments. >>>> >>>> Exactly put. Now I hope newcomers will heed the message! >>>> >>>> I would rearrange the page somewhat, putting the pointers to >>>> 1.4.0rc together and right under the 1.3.3.14 download pointers. >>>> This means putting the 1.4.0 svn and the 1.4.0 tarball right under >>>> "Read instructions for Debian/Ubuntu Linux Package archive access." >>>> >>>> The overall page sequence would be: >>>> All the 1.3.3.14 stuff >>>> All the 1.4.0 stuff >>>> All the 1.5.0 stuff >>> >>> I would arrange the versions so the latest ones are at the top of >>> the list and the newer ones at the bottom. You want the latest >>> information to be the first links a user sees. >>> >> >> My bad - I was in a hurry. The newest versions should be at the top >> of the list, and the older versions should be lowest on the list. >> People shouldn't have to look around for the latest version to >> download - it should be the first download link they see. > > If you mean to put 1.4.0 at the top I agree. But I would not put the > development version 1.5.0 at the top. No, "development" versions should be in a noticeably separate section clearly identifiable as "development", so the naive new users don't mistakenly download something not intended as "production". Allow me to clarify - the newest "production" release should be at the top of the list (this being the version you're wanting new users to download).
