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Re: coreutils FAQ link in manpages and/or --help output
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: coreutils FAQ link in manpages and/or --help output |
Date: |
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:18:53 +0000 |
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On 03/01/2013 03:34 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> 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.
I was debating that, but wanted to keep savannah in the loop somehow.
Given that the interface is a bit awkward, I've now linked directly.
>
> 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.
Not needed I think. One can click on the "last modified" column to sort.
If we were to do that, I suppose one could update a latest.tar.xz symlink
at each release and link to that.
cheers,
Pádraig.