On Thu, 3 Sep 2026, Tomas Hajny via fpc-pascal wrote:
On 2026-09-03 12:16, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
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By general convention, the download button on a website is the latest
stable.
Indeed.
The latest beta should not be on the front page: the front page is for the
casual visitor, not the experienced developer.
Well, that's the case when a news section would be useful. ;-) Even though
casual visitor might not want to download the beta / RC, information about
its existence _is_ relevant for them, because it says that there is tangible
progress and a new release should be upcoming. Possibly, we might add
something for cases like this (with clearly defined lifetime - relevant when
there is a new RC, not relevant any longer when the final release is out)?
After all - the new release should be announced on the main page once
available as well, not only by letting the use find that the download button
goes to a different release, right?
That's why the banner on the front page exists. It currently mentions 3.2.4,
but there is no reason why it would not be able to display 3.2.6-rc1 or
3.4.0-rc1
But I'll also add the current version number more prominently.
I'm looking into displaying the number of recent posts on the forum.
If anubis does not interfere, it should be possible.
Michael.
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