Re: download page updates post-experiment (part 1)

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 9:10 PM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
wrote:

> On 9/22/20 4:03 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 9:24 PM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > <mailto:jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > As Dave mentioned in some earlier thread, we've been conducting an
> > experiment over the outbound links on the downloads page so we can
> > further optimize layout. We've collected several months of results,
> and
> > per analysis of that, we have a few proposed changes.
> >
> > As this is effectively "release eve" and the lag between "discussion
> of
> > experiment" to "implementation of patches" was longer than I wanted,
> I
> > wanted to propose the least invasive, best for our user patches that
> > would require limited discussion.
> >
> > (I will publish a proposal for the ones that require more discussion
> > later).
> >
> > As such, the goal of this patchset is to make things even clearer for
> > our users on what they can download and ensuring that it is a good
> > experience.
> >
> > Without further ado, here are five patches:
> >
> > * Remove the "Build from Source" section on each of the Linux package
> > pages. The traffic to those pages overwhelmingly (> 99+%) went for
> some
> > form of pre-built package; people who wanted the source code would
> grab
> > it based on the URL off of the main downloads page (which had a much
> > higher clickthrough rate).
> >
> > * URLs to the BigSQL packages are removed as the website is no longer
> > available.
> >
> > * Retitle the Linux distro packages to "native packages"; removed
> Debian
> > backports section due to lack of traffic.
> >
> >
> > I think that's a bad name. Native packages is in my experience normally
> > the term used to refer to e.g. DEBs and RPMs in comparison to things
> > like installers, tarballs and source installs. And per that definition,
> > that would include both both the distro built-in and th ones from our
> > projects.
>
> Alright, sounds like we should discuss that further. I've repurposed
> this patch...
>
> > +1 for the removal of the explicit backports reference thouhg.
>
> ...to this.
>
> > * Shorten the description on the macOS page and reorder the
> installers
> > based on the overall traffic numbers.
> >
> > * Remove cross-platform Linux installer due to lack of outbound
> traffic
> > relative to the content on the pages.
> >
> > Unless strenuous objection, my plan is to publish this prior to the
> > release.[1]
> >
> >
> >
> > And +1 for the other suggested changes.
>
> Excellent. Thank you!
>

I'm OK with it all.

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