Re: Linux download pages weirdness

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.

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