On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Christian Soeller
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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'.


In any open source project I can think of that offers both binary and
source option, the source option is the least prominent, acknowledging
the fact that most users want the binary install. It doesn't have to
be buried in the Manual Install page. I can accept putting it on the
Get PDL page, but I think it should be at the bottom. Something like
this:

* Mac OS X:  [ instructions ]
* Windows:  [ instructions ]
* Ubuntu:  [ instructions ]
* Fedora:  [ instructions ]
* Source: [ ... ]


You have to consider: (1) Most users want the binary install. (2) Most
users who want the source install, want CPAN, rather than SourceForge.


> It would be interesting to hear what others think, I stand by my original 
> observations on this one.

Ok. Let's see what others think.

-- 
Intolerant people should be shot.

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