On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:14 AM Christian Lenz <[email protected]> wrote:
> The download link should go to download, yes. Make no sense to go directly > to a specific Version, with no link back to the overall download site. Take another look, you'll see it, the link to earlier releases. Gj > All versions are well present on the download page, so the users will see. > > > Cheers > > Chris > > > > Von: Neil C Smith > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Juli 2019 11:03 > An: dev > Betreff: Website changes for NB 11.1 > > Hi, > > I'm just merging and preparing for the vote thread on NB 11.1. And > while I'm waiting on things, thinking about website requirements as I > know some changes are underway already. > > At present the Downloads link goes directly to > http://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb110/nb110.html I don't think we > should directly link NB 11.1 in that way. Now we have LTS and > non-LTS, we need to consider how we present LTS and non-LTS to end > users, and make sure links to both remain easily available. > > My thought is that we should make the main menu Download go (revert) > to http://netbeans.apache.org/download/ and edit that page to include > a short intro to release schedule and which version to choose. And > move everything that isn't latest LTS and non-LTS on to sub-pages? > > eg something like. > > # Download > > Apache NetBeans is released four times a year. Our April release is a > long-term support (LTS) release that benefits from our famous NetCAT > community testing process, and will remain available and supported for > a year. Our other quarterly releases provide early access to new > features. > > ## Apache NetBeans 11 feature update 1 (NB 11.1) > Latest release of the IDE, released on July XX, 2019. > [Features][Download] > > ## Apache NetBeans 11 LTS (NB 11.0) > Latest LTS version of the IDE, released on April 4, 2019. > [Features][Download] > > ## Older releases > Older Apache NetBeans releases and pre-Apache NetBeans releases can > still be downloaded, but are no longer supported. > [Find out more] << move all text and links to sub-page > > ## Daily builds and building from source > All Apache NetBeans source code is freely available to build yourself, > or you can download (unsupported) daily development builds. > [Find out more] << move all text and links to sub-page > > > Thoughts? > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > >
