Re: front page "download 10 rc 1"

> On Sep 29, 2017, at 1:15 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org <mailto:jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>> wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
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>> On Sep 29, 2017, at 12:52 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
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>> The .org front page has a link named "Download 10 RC 1", but it links to this page:
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>> https://www.postgresql.org/download/ <https://www.postgresql.org/download/>
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>> However, that page caters to production releases. It may be possible to click around enough from that page to figure out how to install 10rc1, but it sure ain't easy.
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> That is a fair point; for Beta / RC releases, we could point directly to the file browser to where they can be downloaded.
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> I think this would be the best one:
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> https://www.postgresql.org/download/snapshots/ <https://www.postgresql.org/download/snapshots/>. I eventually got there, after trying all the alternatives.

Good find, I have pushed an update to point there as it has the best directions on the site for finding them, which leads to...

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>> (And I haven't managed to find it all for Windows)
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>> Is there a better page we can link to that is specifically for installing 10rc1, for people who don't want to compile it themselves?
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> The issue here is that I don’t believe there are installers built for all of the distributions. If all of the package maintainers do this, then we could further improve the linking.
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> But letting people know "Yeah, there isn't a way to do that on our platform, sorry" would be nice, to avoid a lot of frustration. (I don't know who would catalog what can't be done, though)

Reviewing that page, it looks like it handles it. I noticed there were Windows installers available there for download.

Thanks!

Jonathan