Re: coreutils FAQ link in manpages and/or --help output

[Assaf Gordon]

Pádraig Brady wrote, On 02/28/2013 08:12 AM:
> On 02/28/2013 08:40 AM, Ondrej Vasik wrote:
>> On Thu, 2013-02-28 at 09:26 +0100, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>>>> On February 28, 2013 at 4:23 AM Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> I've adjusted the above to only reference online resources,
>>>> and ensure the links are at the end of each line.
>>>> The result is now at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
>>>
>>> I like it.
>>

Looks great.

Since you're updating the website to make it more approachable, may I suggest 
two more changes?

1. In the "Downloads" section, put a direct link to the official GIT repository 
( http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git ) ?
The current text says:
  Coreutils source releases can be found at XXXX
  Test source releases can be found at XXXX
  The latest source code, along with a revision history, can be found in the 
Savannah repository

It's true that it mentions the Savannah repository, but it's not immediately 
clear what's going on.
And to actually see the Git page, one has to click on the "Savannah repository" 
link (and the Savannah page is a bit of an overloaded mess), then go to the 
"Source Code" drop-down menu, and click on "Browse Source Code" - not exactly 
intuitive.

If we could add a simple line below that says:
  View git source code repository: 
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git
It would be much more convenient.


2. In the "Downloads" section, mention which is the latest version, and provide 
a direct link to it.
This requires a bit of work every time a new release is made, but it's very 
helpful for someone who just wants to download the latest version without 
exploring the GNU FTP website.

-gordon