Sorry, I disagree. Getting the PDL source is buried somewhere in the Manual Install instruction. It should be covered early and prominently on a page reached via 'Get PDL'.
It would be interesting to hear what others think, I stand by my original observations on this one. Cheers, Christian On 31/07/2010, at 8:56 PM, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Hi Christian, > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:25 AM, Christian Soeller > <[email protected]> wrote: >> At the top of the 'Get PDL' page we need *simple* instructions >> >> 1) how to get the PDL source (CPAN, sourceforge) > > The Manual Install page should cover this (it already covers CPAN). I > do *not* think that the Get PDL page should be polluted with this > information. Most people are not going to install PDL this way, and > those who do want to install PDL this way only have to click one link. > > >> 2) the absolutely minimal install instructions (see generic 3 liner below) > > What if that does not exist? For source installation it may not be > feasible to explain how to install PDL in 3 lines. I understand and > support the notion of the Manual Install page having a "Minimal > Install" section at the top showing how to get the most bare-bones > installation possible. > > >> This must be all on the page, not just linked to a wiki page. A new user >> needs to see that a minimal set of commands should result in a quick but >> minimal install. > > > I see it differently. If you want to convince someone that PDL is easy > to install, the *source* installation is *not* the way to do it. Heck, > most user don't even have a compiler by default! (e.g. Windows, Mac, > and some Linux distros). > > If you want to show a 3-line installation, then it is the binaries > that you want to use. For example: > > 1) **Mac O X**: Download the <link>MacPDL.dmg</link> package and run > the installer. > > 2) **Windows**: Install <link>ppm</link> and run <link>ppm install > PDL</link> on a terminal. > > 3) **Ubuntu / Debian**: Run `apt-get install pdl` > > 4) **Fedora / RHEL**: Run `yum install perl-PDL` > > 5) **Mandriva**: Run `urpmi perl-PDL` > > 6) **OpenSUSE**: Run `yast -i perl-PDL` > > > See? Now you have a *one-line* instruction for every OS. Many of these > only give you a minimal PDL install, but they are *one-line*. But you > know, if you wanted to do that, I think we might as well have all the > full binary instructions. The full binary instructions are not much > longer than what I wrote. > > Daniel. > -- > Intolerant people should be shot. _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
