On Tue, 13 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
Would it not make more sense to announce new stable/rc releases to the
users and announcement lists AFTER the major binary installers are
available (and the website updated)?
A fair proportion of the LyX users don't use Windows and are
sufficiently technically orientated to understand what source code is.
Maybe a short explanation for the others would be a good idea. Something
along the lines of:
"Source code files are the raw files that programmers use. If you are
not used to compiling source code or don't know what source code is, you
almost certainly need the 'binary files'. Binary files have to be
prepared by volunteers and usually appear on the site a few days after
the release of the source code files. The binary files are normal
programs that can be run directly on a computer."
Sounds good to me, I think this could go in as an introduction on the page
http://www.lyx.org/Download
Overall, I think that page could use an overhaul. For instance, I think
it's a bit unclear with the relevant links inside the text. I think having
them the download links in bullet lists would be clearer. Still, it's not
a priority.
/Christian
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Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
