Do we need to list every release on the downloads page?

["Chen, Pei" <Pe...@childrens.harvard.edu>]

Should we just list only the latest release on the downloads page?
I presume most people who visit the downloads page will just want to download the lastest version- should we even advertise 1.0?  (probably easier for maintance as well)
http://incubator.apache.org/ctakes/downloads.html

--Pei

Re: Do we need to list every release on the downloads page?

["Chen, Pei" <Pe...@childrens.harvard.edu>]

Yup.  I like it simple.

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On Nov 14, 2012, at 1:51 PM, "Steven Bethard" <st...@Colorado.EDU> wrote:

> On Nov 14, 2012, at 1:42 PM, "Chen, Pei" <Pe...@childrens.harvard.edu> wrote:
>> Should we just list only the latest release on the downloads page?
>> I presume most people who visit the downloads page will just want to download the lastest version- should we even advertise 1.0?  (probably easier for maintance as well)
>> http://incubator.apache.org/ctakes/downloads.html
> 
> I would keep only the newest release(s) on the main downloads page, and just provide a brief link to where previous releases can be found. Here are some examples of other projects that do something like this:
> 
> http://opennlp.apache.org/cgi-bin/download.cgi
> http://maven.apache.org/download.html
> http://lucene.apache.org/core/downloads.html
> 
> Steve

Re: Do we need to list every release on the downloads page?

[Steven Bethard <st...@Colorado.EDU>]

On Nov 14, 2012, at 1:42 PM, "Chen, Pei" <Pe...@childrens.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Should we just list only the latest release on the downloads page?
> I presume most people who visit the downloads page will just want to download the lastest version- should we even advertise 1.0?  (probably easier for maintance as well)
> http://incubator.apache.org/ctakes/downloads.html

I would keep only the newest release(s) on the main downloads page, and just provide a brief link to where previous releases can be found. Here are some examples of other projects that do something like this:

http://opennlp.apache.org/cgi-bin/download.cgi
http://maven.apache.org/download.html
http://lucene.apache.org/core/downloads.html

Steve

RE: Do we need to list every release on the downloads page?

["Bleeker, Troy C." <Bl...@mayo.edu>]

This was my doing. The previous cTAKES had a roadmap. I think it's usefulness was in the timeline and introduction of features, hence the bullet points for each release. I did not want to add another page to the sidebar for roadmap, so I figured it did not hurt anything to have it with downloads. The current release is the first thing you see on top.

Sounds like enough don't want it on that page. So just delete the info or move it to another page? Would you keep the current release only or include the release candidates?

Thanks
Troy
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Subject: Re: Do we need to list every release on the downloads page?

The releases which are no longer on the download page are archived.
The download page should have a pointer to the Apache archive so that people who are looking for older releases can go there to download them.
Sure, only Apache releases are archived, so it might take you 2 or 3 releases until you have one archived.

Jörn


On 11/14/2012 01:42 PM, Chen, Pei wrote:
> Should we just list only the latest release on the downloads page?
> I presume most people who visit the downloads page will just want to 
> download the lastest version- should we even advertise 1.0?  (probably 
> easier for maintance as well) 
> http://incubator.apache.org/ctakes/downloads.html
>
> --Pei
>
>
>

Re: Do we need to list every release on the downloads page?

[Jörn Kottmann <ko...@gmail.com>]

The releases which are no longer on the download page are archived.
The download page should have a pointer to the Apache archive so that
people who are looking for older releases can go there to download them.
Sure, only Apache releases are archived, so it might take you 2 or 3 
releases
until you have one archived.

Jörn


On 11/14/2012 01:42 PM, Chen, Pei wrote:
> Should we just list only the latest release on the downloads page?
> I presume most people who visit the downloads page will just want to download the lastest version- should we even advertise 1.0?  (probably easier for maintance as well)
> http://incubator.apache.org/ctakes/downloads.html
>
> --Pei
>
>
>