Re: [libreoffice-website] Improved Download Page Proposal

On 07/04/2011 05:44 PM, Christoph Noack wrote:
> Hi Cor, hi all!
>
> Thanks for the feedback ...
>
> Am Samstag, den 02.07.2011, 01:02 +0200 schrieb Cor Nouws:
> > Hi Christoph + all people working on this,
> >
> > Christoph Noack wrote (02-07-11 00:07)
> >
> > > during the last days (weeks?) I've worked on an improved download page
> > > proposal. Before I re-state all the information, please have a look at:
> > > http://luxate.blogspot.com/2011/07/improved-download-page-proposal.html
> > Fine details. Good that wordings are chosen to describe various versions
> > etc.
> I started to work on the wording some time before the recent release
> announcement ... so now it might be even a bit different to what we've
> used in the announcement. So maybe this needs a bit revision as well as
> serious proof-reading.
>
> > Only one scenario is missing:
> >    - In one or two months, the 3.4.x version will be our default.
> >    - Still, there will be the 3.3.x versions released and made available
> > for the conservative deployments or those having more to do (something I
> > can hardly imagine ;-)  than test / integrate / roll out new versions of
> > LibreOffice.
> > So a description is needed for that too.
> > (Rock solid or so. See
> > http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/07/01/libreoffice-3-4-1-provides-stable-new-features-for-every-user/
> >    - hmm, where are the colors of the table gone?)
> To quote myself (to be found in the Design Decisions section): "Although
> there might be several releases available at the same time, I decided to
> only offer two releases at the same time on the download pages. Offering
> more official releases might confuse less experienced users (although it
> can easily be done within the proposed structure)."
>
> More detailed, when I've started to work on that page, I even considered
> three different versions to cover "ultra stable", "balances stability
> vs. features", "contains only latest features". You can even find the
> early descriptions in the wiki (history):
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=Design/Whiteboards/Download_Page&oldid=26394#Versions_Descriptions
>
> But (especially) due to Marc's comments I was made aware that more than
> to options might be really confusing - not counting RCs, Betas, the SDK,
> etc. And, my aim was to get a stable site without the need to add /
> remove items people might search for later (because they are unaware of
> our release scheme).
>
> Consequently, looking and the release schedule (or the graphic you've
> linked to, which explains it very well) I came to the conclusion that
> "default = rock solid" and "latest features = bleeding edge". If this is
> wrong, no worries, since the proposal easily handles three different
> versions at a time.
I thought 3.4.5 comes out BEFORE 3.5.0 comes out.  The graphic in the 
blog talked about above shows 3.5.0 coming out between 3.4.3 and 3.4.4. 
I am referring to the release plan on the following page 
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan , vers. the graphic's 
time line.


> > > The details can be found on a dedicated wiki page. I hope that all the
> > > questions that might arise are answered there:
> > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/Download_Page
> > Looks great to me - pls implement it tomorrow ;-)
> Hehe, still searching for help ... I can provide the colors, the
> graphics and such stuff. So if anybody may help starting "yesterday",
> then please raise your hand ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph


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