RE: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-16 Thread Ford, Mike
On 15 February 2007 16:45, Antony Dovgal wrote: > On 02/15/2007 07:42 PM, Steph Fox wrote: > > > On 02/15/2007 07:22 PM, Steph Fox wrote: > > > > Hi Tony, > > > > > > > > We've been here before. Last time it got taken off again > > > > because it led to user confusion. People didn't seem to know

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-16 Thread Antony Dovgal
On 02/16/2007 01:29 PM, Hannes Magnusson wrote: > See attached, simplified, patch & screenshot: > http://home.oslo.nith.no/~maghan/releases.png Looks great, but I would like to divide it into two parts: define "parts" Just create a similar square with "Release Candidates" title and move RCs

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-16 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On 2/16/07, Antony Dovgal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 02/16/2007 01:00 PM, Hannes Magnusson wrote: > So, here is my left handed pet dwarf turtle, born in December, idea: > It doesn't really see the point of scattering boxes all around. One > box listing current php5 + php4 version and the curr

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-16 Thread Hannes Magnusson
Hi Steph On 2/16/07, Steph Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Hannes, > So, here is my left handed pet dwarf turtle, born in December, idea: > It doesn't really see the point of scattering boxes all around. One > box listing current php5 + php4 version and the current release > candidates should

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-16 Thread Antony Dovgal
On 02/16/2007 01:00 PM, Hannes Magnusson wrote: So, here is my left handed pet dwarf turtle, born in December, idea: It doesn't really see the point of scattering boxes all around. One box listing current php5 + php4 version and the current release candidates should be all that we need. The RC l

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-16 Thread Steph Fox
Hi Hannes, So, here is my left handed pet dwarf turtle, born in December, idea: It doesn't really see the point of scattering boxes all around. One box listing current php5 + php4 version and the current release candidates should be all that we need. The RC links obviously won't be direct links

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-16 Thread Hannes Magnusson
Hi all On 2/15/07, Hannes Magnusson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi On 2/15/07, Antony Dovgal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 02/15/2007 05:38 PM, Antony Dovgal wrote: > > Hello all. > > > > Now that the conference ads are gone, I think we should add release candidates announcements to the first

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-16 Thread Sebastian Nohn
Antony Dovgal wrote: > On 02/15/2007 06:49 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin wrote: >> probably, here should be a block on the main page: >> >> Latest testing release: X.X.XRC1 (changelog) >> Latest stable release: X.X.X (changelog) >> >> and "testing release" should just disappear when there are no release >>

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Richard Lynch
I'm +1 on the separate block. SUGGESTIONS: Put the STABLE RELEASE link *before* any RC release. Rationale: Users in a hurry will more likely click the first one. Add an EXTRA page in between the homepage and download of RC saying something not unlike: You are downloading a RELEASE CANDIDATE.

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Hannes Magnusson
Hi On 2/15/07, Antony Dovgal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 02/15/2007 05:38 PM, Antony Dovgal wrote: > Hello all. > > Now that the conference ads are gone, I think we should add release candidates announcements to the first page of php.net. > This will add some more attention to the RCs and (I

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Antony Dovgal
On 02/15/2007 05:38 PM, Antony Dovgal wrote: Hello all. Now that the conference ads are gone, I think we should add release candidates announcements to the first page of php.net. This will add some more attention to the RCs and (I hope) will help users to help us in making the releases more st

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Antony Dovgal
On 02/15/2007 07:42 PM, Steph Fox wrote: On 02/15/2007 07:22 PM, Steph Fox wrote: Hi Tony, We've been here before. Last time it got taken off again because it led to user confusion. People didn't seem to know the difference between a release candidate and a full release; "It was official, it

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Steph Fox
On 02/15/2007 07:22 PM, Steph Fox wrote: Hi Tony, We've been here before. Last time it got taken off again because it led to user confusion. People didn't seem to know the difference between a release candidate and a full release; "It was official, it was on php.net." .. it was explained th

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Antony Dovgal
On 02/15/2007 07:22 PM, Steph Fox wrote: Hi Tony, We've been here before. Last time it got taken off again because it led to user confusion. People didn't seem to know the difference between a release candidate and a full release; "It was official, it was on php.net." .. it was explained tha

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Steph Fox
he announcements and on the download page (qa.php.net?) that RC's are for test purposes only? Cheers, - Steph - Original Message - From: "Antony Dovgal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "php-dev" Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:38 PM Subject: [PHP-DEV] RC a

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Derick Rethans
On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Alexey Zakhlestin wrote: > probably, here should be a block on the main page: > > Latest testing release: X.X.XRC1 (changelog) > Latest stable release: X.X.X (changelog) > > and "testing release" should just disappear when there are no release > candidates available That so

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Antony Dovgal
On 02/15/2007 06:49 PM, Alexey Zakhlestin wrote: probably, here should be a block on the main page: Latest testing release: X.X.XRC1 (changelog) Latest stable release: X.X.X (changelog) and "testing release" should just disappear when there are no release candidates available Yeah, I would mi

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Alexey Zakhlestin
probably, here should be a block on the main page: Latest testing release: X.X.XRC1 (changelog) Latest stable release: X.X.X (changelog) and "testing release" should just disappear when there are no release candidates available -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscr

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Pierre
On 2/15/07, Antony Dovgal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 02/15/2007 06:24 PM, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > I think it makes sense for RC1 and few of the first level releases > but not the very closely spaces RC4+ where there are virtually no > changes between the releases. I believe it doesn't matte

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
Antony Dovgal wrote: On 02/15/2007 06:24 PM, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: I think it makes sense for RC1 and few of the first level releases but not the very closely spaces RC4+ where there are virtually no changes between the releases. I believe it doesn't matter which RC is that, it helps to d

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Antony Dovgal
On 02/15/2007 06:24 PM, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: I think it makes sense for RC1 and few of the first level releases but not the very closely spaces RC4+ where there are virtually no changes between the releases. I believe it doesn't matter which RC is that, it helps to detect problems on the

Re: [PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Ilia Alshanetsky
I think it makes sense for RC1 and few of the first level releases but not the very closely spaces RC4+ where there are virtually no changes between the releases. On 15-Feb-07, at 9:38 AM, Antony Dovgal wrote: Hello all. Now that the conference ads are gone, I think we should add release

[PHP-DEV] RC announcements at php.net

2007-02-15 Thread Antony Dovgal
Hello all. Now that the conference ads are gone, I think we should add release candidates announcements to the first page of php.net. This will add some more attention to the RCs and (I hope) will help users to help us in making the releases more stable. Any objections? I hope none. -- Wbr, A