Hi,
Can we make the package websites for the devel and release version of a
package more distinguishable?
To elaborate on this: In the past, I have seen several users having
problems with using bioconductor because they ended up on the wrong page
(mostly the devel page when they would have needed the release). This
resulted in getting the wrong documentation or installing the wrong
package. The pages are well designed, and there is no reason to change
this. However, the websites for the devel and release version of a
package look almost identical, and that these two get confused seems to
happen to many users (me included).
If you search for a package within the bioc website, the release version
always comes first in the search results. If you are coming from the
outside (e.g. google), this may not be the case. In fact, googling a
few packages names often returned only the devel page in the top 10
search results.
What are the feelings regarding this? We could add a header section on
the devel page that states that this is an unstable version not meant to
be used in production settings, and provide a link to the respective
release version?
Best wishes
Julian
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