Thread: Beta 3
Heya all<br /><br /> It seems like it's a bit trickier to find beta downloads than might be ideal. <br /><br /> The betainfo page simply reads:<br /><br /> " PostgreSQL 9.2 beta 3 was released on August 6, 2012."<br /><br /> with noinformation about how to obtain a build or the sources, not even a link to the downloads page, despite being linked towith the text:<br /><br /> "More information on how to test and report issues: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.postgresql.org/developer/beta">http://www.postgresql.org/developer/beta</a>"<br/><br /> in the announcementemail.<br /><br /> It should at least link to:<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/download/snapshots/">http://www.postgresql.org/download/snapshots/</a><br/><br /> and the-bugs form or guide to reporting problems page.<br /><br /> The beta announcement email links to the main downloads pagefrom which the snapshots/beta downloads page can be reached, but the main beta page is a dead-end. Not ideal for encouragingfeedback and testing.<br /><br /> --<br /> Craig Ringer<br />
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Craig Ringer <ringerc@ringerc.id.au> wrote: > Heya all > > It seems like it's a bit trickier to find beta downloads than might be > ideal. > > The beta info page simply reads: > > " PostgreSQL 9.2 beta 3 was released on August 6, 2012." > > with no information about how to obtain a build or the sources, not even a > link to the downloads page, despite being linked to with the text: > > "More information on how to test and report issues: > http://www.postgresql.org/developer/beta" > > in the announcement email. > > It should at least link to: > > http://www.postgresql.org/download/snapshots/ > > and the -bugs form or guide to reporting problems page. > > The beta announcement email links to the main downloads page from which the > snapshots/beta downloads page can be reached, but the main beta page is a > dead-end. Not ideal for encouraging feedback and testing. Yeah, this is pretty bad. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Craig Ringer <ringerc@ringerc.id.au> wrote: >> Heya all >> >> It seems like it's a bit trickier to find beta downloads than might be >> ideal. >> >> The beta info page simply reads: >> >> " PostgreSQL 9.2 beta 3 was released on August 6, 2012." >> >> with no information about how to obtain a build or the sources, not even a >> link to the downloads page, despite being linked to with the text: >> >> "More information on how to test and report issues: >> http://www.postgresql.org/developer/beta" >> >> in the announcement email. >> >> It should at least link to: >> >> http://www.postgresql.org/download/snapshots/ >> >> and the -bugs form or guide to reporting problems page. >> >> The beta announcement email links to the main downloads page from which the >> snapshots/beta downloads page can be reached, but the main beta page is a >> dead-end. Not ideal for encouraging feedback and testing. > > Yeah, this is pretty bad. Agreed. Anybody up for writing the text though? There was some text earlier (see http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgweb.git;a=commitdiff;h=bd02e36141bb99e9ee4e0b80fd69464e0e6d91b7#patch18 or the corresponding one in the old pgweb repo). That can probably be adapted to be put in the new one - seems it was genereally just removed because there was no beta available, and the intentino wasn't that the page should remain useless once a beta was out.. -- Magnus HaganderMe: http://www.hagander.net/Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote: > Agreed. Anybody up for writing the text though? There was some text > earlier (see http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgweb.git;a=commitdiff;h=bd02e36141bb99e9ee4e0b80fd69464e0e6d91b7#patch18 > or the corresponding one in the old pgweb repo). That can probably be > adapted to be put in the new one - seems it was genereally just > removed because there was no beta available, and the intentino wasn't > that the page should remain useless once a beta was out.. How about we start by adding link(s) to the download page(s)? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company