On Jul 9, 2012 5:31 AM, "Magnus Hagander" <magnus@hagander.net> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Scott Mead <scottm@openscg.com> wrote: > > > >> > That aside though, the code must be 100% open source to be listed on > >> > those download pages; Scottie, where can people find the spec files, > >> > BitRock XML files or whatever? > > > > In the past we have always provided them upon request ( we were asked only > > nce :). But we can work that out, no problem. > > Yes, please look into that. > > > >> While I agree with that requirement in general, we should apply it > >> fairly. AFAICT the latest release of the EDB installers that had > >> sourcecode with it was 9.0.2 - I have a hard time seeing that nothing > >> would've changed since... None of the changes that have been discussed > >> on the lists here in the past couple of months are anywhere to be > >> seen.. So should we remove the EDB installers from the page as well? > >> > >> > >> > Also, I took a quick look at the GIT history for the download pages, > >> > and as far as I can see there weren't any links to these RPMs in the > >> > past, so I'm not sure what has been removed exactly. Scott; can you > >> > point me at the commit that changed what you're referring to please? > >> > >> I assume he's referring to: > >> -<p><a href="http://www.openscg.org/postgresql/packages">Download</a> > >> the packages from OpenSCG.< > >> -<p><i>The multi-platform binary packages are maintained by <a > >> href="http://www.openscg.org">Open > >> > >> from commit b282714a097f767b258e469fb80225b638864a19. They used to be > >> on the "generic linux" page, as well as on the "generic downloads > >> page". They are now only on the "generic downloads page". > > > > Exactly, this is the link I was talking about. > > Given that the whole idea of the redesign is to help people figure out > why they should choose the different options, can you provide a patch > to that page that actually includes a good description of *why* these > would be preferable to the standard RPMs?
Absolutely, I'm boarding a flight now, but will work on it once I hit 10,000 ft.