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From: Ali Lown <ali@lown.me.uk>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:02:23 +0000
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Subject: Re: Wave - download page links to nightly builds etc
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Sebb,

I have moved the nightly builds section to its own page only
accessible under the releases section on the getting involved page.
(It might be slightly too hidden for people to find it now).

I have corrected that typo, thanks.

Ali

On 4 November 2015 at 01:02, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 November 2015 at 15:38, Ali Lown <ali@lown.me.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Sebb,
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
>>
>> I have updated the downloads page removing the link to the RC, and
>> clarifying the differences of the available download options: 1) no
>> official releases, get RC from mailing list, 2) or risk the automated
>> build
>>
>> Is this what you had in mind? Let me know if you think it still needs changing.
>
> Thanks, that's much better.
>
> However the downloads page is aimed at the general public, and nightly
> builds should not be advertised there, see:
>
> http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what - second paragraph
>
> So I think any mention of such builds needs to be placed elsewhere.
>
> For example, it might be useful to add a section to the "Getting involved" page.
>
> This could discuss providing feedback on release candidates etc, and
> point to a separate page describing how to get nightly builds (and the
> caveats of using them).
> [That page should not be linked from the main menus]
>
> I think that would clearly signal that these builds are not for the
> general public.
>
> BTW that page has a typo: "Requriements Discussion"
>
>
>> Ali
>>
>> On 3 November 2015 at 11:32, Upayavira <uv@odoko.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015, at 11:15 AM, sebb wrote:
>>>> The Wave download page
>>>>
>>>> http://incubator.apache.org/wave/downloads.html
>>>>
>>>> specifically says that there have been no releases
>>>>
>>>> However it links to automated builds and an RC in a home directory on
>>>> minotaur.
>>>>
>>>> That does not seem right.
>>>
>>> Wave has not made any releases. I agree that the RC should not be
>>> linked, and that there should be more signposting regarding the status
>>> of nightly builds.
>>>
>>> Wave has just completed a vote to make its first release, and you will
>>> hear more of that here shortly. Given the low energy in Wave right now,
>>> I'd suggest we roll the above fixes into the process of managing this
>>> release.
>>>
>>> Upayavira
>>>
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