[scribus] Problem...

[Mike Sleger]

On Oct 1, 2011, at 8:08 AM, john Culleton wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:00:58 -0600
> Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Mike Sleger wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:56 AM, john Culleton wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:25:47 -0400
>>>> Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex at scribus.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 1:17 PM, john Culleton wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Now why doesn't the download page say that more clearly? I don't
>>>>>> have a good answer. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> John Culleton
>>>>>> Wexford Press
>>>>>> "Create Book Covers with Scribus"
>>>>>> http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> John,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I updated the information on the Download page at
>>>>> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download. Please check it out and
>>>>> leave your comments.
>>>> 
>>>> Exactly put. Now I hope newcomers will heed the message!
>>>> 
>>>> I would rearrange the page somewhat, putting the pointers to
>>>> 1.4.0rc together and right under the 1.3.3.14 download pointers.
>>>> This means putting the 1.4.0 svn and the 1.4.0 tarball right under
>>>> "Read instructions for Debian/Ubuntu Linux Package archive access."
>>>> 
>>>> The overall page sequence would be:
>>>> All the 1.3.3.14 stuff
>>>> All the 1.4.0 stuff
>>>> All the 1.5.0 stuff
>>> 
>>> I would arrange the versions so the latest ones are at the top of
>>> the list and the newer ones at the bottom.  You want the latest
>>> information to be the first links a user sees.
>>> 
>> 
>> My bad - I was in a hurry.  The newest versions should be at the top
>> of the list, and the older versions should be lowest on the list.
>> People shouldn't have to look around for the latest version to
>> download - it should be the first download link they see.
> 
> If you mean to put 1.4.0 at the top I agree. But I would not put the
> development version 1.5.0 at the top.

No, "development" versions should be in a noticeably separate section clearly identifiable as "development", so the naive new users don't mistakenly download something not intended as "production".  Allow me to clarify - the newest "production" release should be at the top of the list (this being the version you're wanting new users to download).