Re: [RFC] Package download pages

From: Pieter De Wit <pieter_at_insync.za.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:54:17 +1300 (NZDT)

Hi Guys,

I might miss something here, but how about:

/mirrors/ <-- Mirror info here
/downloads/ <-- Packages, with a link to "mirrors"

Under /downloads/ we could have /major_version/version/files.bla e.g:

/downloads/3.1/3.1.7/squid-3.1.7.deb

/Version can still link to /downloads/

Cheers,

Pieter

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012, Amos Jeffries wrote:

> The current website layout for Versions/ and Download/ is a little confusing
> and I would like to combine the two into a simpler form.
>
> The main problem is the download links and section called Download/ is just
> documentation about downloading and mirrors. The actual download files
> themselves are under Versions/. The link between the two is an easily
> overlooked link on Download/ and there are several click layers to wade
> through before any actual package link becomes available.
>
> I would like to make the Download/ index page a redirect to Versions/ index
> page, move the Download/ text to an intro for the Versions/ page, and add
> some automated links from the Versions/ page straight to the latest tarballs.
> Eventually I would like to link to the OS distro package sources of the
> stale release(s) from here too and get rid of all those "where do I find
> binaries for distro X" FAQs.
>
>
> Comments? Other ideas?
>
>
> Amos
>
>
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