Re: Linux download pages weirdness

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 11:01 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 11:45 AM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 10:35 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ref: https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/debian/ (and others)
>>>
>>> The section "included in distribution" starts by saying postgres is in
>>> the debian distribution, and then goes on to say that *our* repository
>>> contains a bunch of other things, and then lists some of them. It's also
>>> weird that we list "pg repo", "deb repo", "repo contents", "backports repo".
>>>
>>> The same is true for the RedHat download pages (but not suse, because
>>> they lack the basic information)
>>>
>>> I think this is a result of many rounds of incremental updates -- or
>>> does somebody actually think this makes sense?
>>>
>>> To fix it I think we should create a subsection for "available
>>> packages".
>>>
>>> For RedHat, should we also even bother with the "post installation"
>>> section, now that it's fully included in the instructions if you use the
>>> dropdowns at the top? It's not really our job to document what RedHat does
>>> -- that's in the RedHat docs, no?
>>>
>>>
>>> And finally, since we now have our own SuSE repos, shouldn't the SuSE
>>> download instructions also get the kind of functionality that the redhat
>>> ones have?
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, that whole mess is something Jonathan and I were planning to look
>> at revising - which is why we started collecting outbound link click info
>> to help guide us. I've been busy with other things the last couple of weeks
>> though, and am out next week, but hopefully when I get back I can get onto
>> it. We should also have click data following a release then, which may be
>> useful.
>>
>>
> Oh, that's what you were working on :)
>
> That said -- there is not a single link in the areas I'm talking about, so
> I'm not entirely sure we're talking about the same thing? :) This is all
> purely about the informational text/tables.
>

Right - we're planning to look at the wider downloads section, not just
those particular parts.

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