Re: Linux Downloads page change

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 04:08:18PM -0400, Scott Mead wrote:
> > I'll update our site and get back to you.
> >
> >
> >
> > I also for the first time clicked one of those links. To me, the
> way
> > that those pages request a login and registratoin to download
> them is
> > completely unacceptable. Yes, I realize there is a "there's a
> download
> > link at the bottom if you don't want to" (or as you like to
> phrase it,
> > "feel anti-social", which is clearly designed to make people
> sign up).
> > But I don't think that's acceptable for something to be listed
> on our
> > primary download pages. I'm ok (but not with a big margin) with
> how
> > EnterpriseDB does it - which is that they deliver your download
> and
> > *then* suggest you register as well. (Actually, I see now that
> they
> > have stopped doing that completely and instead throw some
> marketing
> > and ads for their cloud product at you)
> >
> >
> > Okay, we'll talk about this internally, but I'm thinking that we'll
> > probably kick the download off and then leave a register page up
> > underneath.
> >
> >
> > It took a while, but we updated the downloads that are launched from:
> > http://www.openscg.com/se/postgresql/packages.jsp
> >
> > Once you drill into a platform, it will launch the download, and leave
> the
> > registration page up underneath.
>
> I just clicked on:
>
>
> http://www.openscg.com/se/oscg_download.jsp?file=packages/postgres_9.1.4-1.i386.openscg.deb&user=
>
> and my download did _not_ start automatically. The "click here" link
> does work.
>

Eek, missed a comment!

All fixed now, thanks Bruce.

--Scott

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