On Apr 27, 2012, at 8:59 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.4+Distribution+Tasks >>> >>> Please review this task list and see if anything is missing. It >>> would be great to confirm that this list is complete and to have a >>> volunteer's name listed against each one of these tasks. >>> >> >> Hi Rob -- >> >> I just took a very quick look and added some verbiage to item #4. We need >> some test time after these changes are in place--maybe even a day. >> > > OK. > >> >> >> On item #3-- >> >> "Make a copy of the the older MirrorBrain-enabled download/index.html and >> download/other.html pages. Put them in a download/330 directory. Add a >> disclaimer notice that these are not Apache releases, but legacy releases >> under a different license." >> >> I don't see the need for a download/330/index.html. >> >> I think what you're getting at is a standalone page complete with the DL >> button generation for 3.3 which I feel is something we don't need for this >> earlier version. I would think just putting out a download/330/other.html. >> So >> It would probably be a good idea for this old "other" to at least provide >> links for release notes for it though. >> >> and linking people to that would be sufficient. >> > > I can see arguments either way. On the one hand, the OOo 3.3 > downloads is merely for archival use. On the other hand, AOO 3.4 does > not cover all languages supported by OOo 3.3, so we need some easy way > for users to continue to get access. If you think a copy of the 3.3.0 > version of other.html is sufficient, then let's go with that.
I think that this is an important point. NL users may not be able to read English well enough on the other.html page to find their language. I think we need to maintain the legacy index for that purpose. Regards, Dave > >> >> >>> Note the additional complexity caused by having hard-coded download >>> logic on the various NL pages. >>> >> >> >> >>> >>> -Rob >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> MzK >> >> "Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you >> And life has a funny way of helping you out >> Helping you out." >> -- "Ironic", Alanis Morissette
