Re: A better presentation for download links
Posted by
Sven Gothel on
Dec 19, 2011; 9:33pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/A-better-presentation-for-download-links-tp3496662p3599646.html
On Monday, December 19, 2011 10:17:58 PM jouvieje [via jogamp] wrote:
>
> Yeah it's quite painfull to download jogl. It's better with the jogamp-*.7z,
> but I remember before that to have lost hours and just failed to get jogl.
>
> "Signed Candidate": not sure of the version or build number (so I'm not
> using it). I need all platforms lib so "Devbuilds" seems unuasable for me
> (there's too many files). "master branch" (and "Signed Release") is better
> but still 7 different files and I have the impression all the big files are
> just the same with only platforms which differs (which are in fact quite
> small): would have been much better to have a one file with everything
> (especially with slow connection, can't have better from here).
>
> Hope my comment will be usefull to improve jogl download.
Yup, I remember and have not forgotten it :)
I will add this to the next release, ie -all_platforms.7z file.
Nevertheless, I guess the Build/Downloads is quite visible right now
and the direct wikipedia link to the latest 'release' as well.
I agree .. all the mumbo jumbo about 'Signed Candidate' .. etc
needs to be reduced.
Question: Is the path to the latest release download, ie v2.0-rc5
clear and easy right now ?
And if offering the -all_platforms.7z file, is it ok then ?
Hint: You can also clone our jogamp.org git repository and
offer a better solution - if you like doing it directly.
~Sven