Hi Daniel, I can do up the instructions for installing the RPMs.
Peter On 6 May 2011 10:43, Daniel Bartholomew <[email protected]> wrote: > Changing the subject and cc'ing the maria-docs list because this is > a docs topic. > > On Thu, 5 May 2011 13:56:36 +0300 > Michael Widenius <[email protected]> wrote: > > Monty> Daniel, is it possible to for each binary on the > Monty> http://downloads.askmonty.org/mariadb/5.2/ add a new link > Monty> 'install instructions' (unique for each type of binary). > Monty> > Monty> I think that without this, windows user installing the .zip > Monty> file or unix users installing tar files may have problems... > > Yes, we can add a link to the downloads page. We already have the > ability to add a blurb or comment to individual files in the downloads > system, but I want to reserve this ability for times when there's > something out of the ordinary about a file that we need to make sure to > point out. If we always have comments on each file in the download > system, people might miss it when we have something important to say > about a particular file. So instead of doing that, I'd like to add a new > "Installation Instructions" or a similarly named column to the download > list. I'll work with Bryan to get it added. > > We have instructions in the KB for most of the various file types. Here > are the links to existing installation instructions: > > http://kb.askmonty.org/v/installing-mariadb-binary-tarballs > http://kb.askmonty.org/v/installing-mariadb-deb-files > http://kb.askmonty.org/v/installing-mariadb-msi-packages-on-windows > http://kb.askmonty.org/v/compiling-mariadb-from-source > > Missing on the above list are instructions for installing RPMs and the > Windows .zip packages. Any volunteers to write up some installation > instructions for these? > > Thanks. > > -- > Daniel Bartholomew > MariaDB - http://mariadb.org > Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com > AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Peter Lavin Telephone: 1 416 461 4991 Mobile: 1 647 985 4991 Skype: peter.lavin _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-docs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
