@dave, all http://www.linaro.org/downloads/ had received some lifting. It's still a work in progress but it should resolved some of the issue raised. Please, take a look. feedback is welcome.
On 7 September 2011 01:13, Christian Robottom Reis <k...@linaro.org> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:18:18AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote: >> a) Is the omission of the "Developers and Community Builds" links from >> http://www.linaro.org/downloads/ intentional? This is a concern, >> because these links contain the _only_ deliverables for certain >> platform and filesystem combinations. The wiki release page itself is >> not easily findable without going to the wiki. > > It's not intentional, but we chose to keep them out for a bit to try and > figure out how to keep the LEBs "special". But this time around, you can > see them live: > > http://www.linaro.org/downloads/ > > I did mention today to Alexander that I would like to see the "Download > for:" column cleaned up -- perhaps by moving the set to be split across > rows, or something else visually smart. > >> b) The release page on the wiki contains important information like >> the list of known issues. Shouldn't this page be linked from >> http://www.linaro.org/downloads/ or some other prominent location? I >> don't see how to get to it at present. A visitor won't know that they >> have to go to the wiki for this information. > > It's now linked, but I somehow feel that we should have these visible > from the main download page. Perhaps as a set of tabs inside Downloads > -- Downloads, Release Notes? Or Dave, do you think the way we have it > now is good enough for the moment? > >> c) The known issues list on the wiki release page doesn't seem include >> all the issues reported during testing. Will these get propagated, or >> is it the responsibility of testers to add the relevant information to >> the known issues list themselves? > > That's a good point. I may have missed a reply to this -- what's the > plan? > There isn't any plan. I replied in a previous mail what's the process to escalate a bug to the known issues list. In addition, we added the following link on the downloads website: "Full details of this release, including detailed release highlights and known issues, can be found on the release pages of our Wiki." >> d) For vexpress specifically, there is no link from the release pages >> or downloads to the specific installation instructions applicable to >> this board. Even I find these difficult to find without bookmarking. >> Because that information is very board-specific, I don't think it >> needs to be included on >> https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/Ubuntu/ImageInstallation >> -- but can we at least have a link on there pointing to the >> appropriate page? > > That's sort of what I am saying with my comment above about cleaning up > the "Download for:" column. Instead of stapling them all together, how > about: > > Nano Natty 11.08 <download link> > TI Beagleboard <instructions> > ARM Versatile <instructions> > ST-Ericsson Snowball <instructions> > > I realize the download link isn't exactly unique per-board and that we > have no way of fixing that in the near term. But at least the design > aboves is a step forward. > > Finally, WTF is "Android Machine"? :-) > -- > Christian Robottom Reis, Engineering VP > Brazil (GMT-3) | [+55] 16 9112 6430 | [+1] 612 216 4935 > Linaro.org: Open Source Software for ARM SoCs _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
