On 26 August 2011 14:38, Amit Kucheria <amit.kuche...@linaro.org> wrote: >> > a) Is the omission of the "Developers and Community Builds" links from >> > http://www.linaro.org/downloads/ intentional? >> >> Yes, it is. We made the choice to promote only the officially supported >> builds >> on the downloads page. Developers and Community Builds (DCBs) are not >> officially >> supported. > > Developer images are probably the most used by kernel developers. Perhaps a > link to a page listing all miscellaneous images would be useful for people > walking off the street to check out Linaro aka. not subscribed to our mailing > lists. You already have that section on the wiki release page.
Asac reply covers this: the new download page will include the developer and community builds similar to the wiki page with a prominent warning. >> > d) For vexpress specifically, there is no link from the release pages >> > or downloads to the specific installation instructions applicable to >> > this board. Even I find these difficult to find without bookmarking. >> > Because that information is very board-specific, I don't think it >> > needs to be included on >> > https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/Ubuntu/ImageInstallation >> > -- but can we at least have a link on there pointing to the >> > appropriate page? >> >> I have the same concern. We have per board instructions: >> * on the forms used for testing. e.g. http://bit.ly/pFnQQh >> * on releases.l.o >> e.g. http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-n/ubuntu/leb-panda/11.08/ >> >> IMO, the image installation should be board specific. The generic >> instructions >> are good but I would prefer to have the following workflow: >> 1. I have this board (identify board) >> 2. I need these images (identify images for the board) >> 3. Here's the correct step by step instructions to flash my board >> >> Now, we need to the improve the image installation to achieve that... > > Isn't Linaro-Media-Builder (fetch_image_ui.py) meant to remove the need for > having so many different pages of instructions? It assumes you know l-m-b and know where/how to get it. At this point, you reached the step 3: step by step instructions to flash the board, including how to get the tools. _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
