John,
Thanks for your comments.
As a, i guess, not expert user, I would look at the main
pagehttps://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/
and I see the top line of the PSPP part has these options
- PSPP Home
- Download
- Quick Tour
- FAQ
- Doc
-
I would assume that the "Download" part is where I go to download the
"official" version. But that isn't right?
"Right at the top of this page, there is a link which tells you the various
ways to get GNU software (including PSPP)."I'm not really clear on this. Where
are you pointing?
"Also, note, the sentence "We do not distribute precompiled binaries for PSPP".
Any binaries that you download (from anywhere) are not "official" in any sense
of the word."Well, on the 'get' page, this sentence ("We do not distribute ..."
is right below "GNU Linux".Again, I'm not an expert user, so I kind of assumed
that didn't apply to Windows. I thought Linux was another OS, so this just
applied to GNU Linux.
And I guess I'm kind of confused. At the lower part of the main page is the
section "Downloading PSPP" which says "As with most GNU software, PSPP can be
found on the main GNU ftp server: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/ ..."I don't
understand what "We do not distribute precompiled binaries ..." What is a
precompiled binary, and what is being distributed on the GNU ftp server? I
guess that's an -un-compiled binary?
Could I make some suggestions?
On the get page, move this to just above "Binaries""We do not distribute
precompiled binaries of PSPP. Computers come with so many different
archtectures, kernels, operating systems that it would not be feasible for us
to do so. "
and add something like, "However, a number of people have kindly compiled PSPP
into various operating systems. Their compiled versions are described below.
and add the same two sentences to the main page, in the download PSPP section,
instead of "There are some additional ways you can download or otherwise obtain
PSPP."
Thanks
Gene
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From: John Darrington <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wed, Jun 15, 2022 12:50 am
Subject: Re: pspp-1.6.0 released, 1.6 windows
The "official" download page is and always has been https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pspp
The "get PSPP" page https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html which you
mentioned provides unofficial hints about other possible download possibilities.
Right at the top of this page, there is a link which tells you the various ways
to get GNU software (including PSPP).
Also, note, the sentence "We do not distribute precompiled binaries for PSPP".
Any binaries that you download (from anywhere) are not "official" in any sense
of the word.
To summarize:
1. https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pspp is the official download page.
2. https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html provides information which we
hope will be useful for you.
J'
On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 04:27:10AM +0000, someone wrote:
Hi all
In my website, https://sites.google.com/site/gsocialchange/statsoft and in
my report https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4105959I'd like
to list the most recent version on the 'official' or main download page
http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html
I could list the nightly download page, but I'm much prefer to list the
main download page, especially since the main download page says "The windows
installers for nightly builds are untested nightly builds."
Unless this wording could change?
thanks
gene
