[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-4245) replace update sites' index.html w/ more useful information about how to install, quality of release, etc.

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

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Nick Boldt commented on JBIDE-4245:
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I'm not a big fan of telling people our work is crap. (random crashes? where's your confidence?)

Plus, by keeping these pages entirely generic, I don't need a new variable to house the additional description... or three template files in place of 1.

The link in the last line to http://www.jboss.org/tools/download/installation covers everything they might want to know about N/N vs. Dev/M vs. Stable/R; we could revise the copy to explain better why they might want to click there. I thought "more information ... release types" was enough, but I'm open to better phrasing.



> replace update sites' index.html w/ more useful information about how to install, quality of release, etc.
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-4245
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-4245
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: Build/Releng
>    Affects Versions: 3.0.0.GA
>            Reporter: Nick Boldt
>            Assignee: Max Rydahl Andersen
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.0.1.GA, 3.1.0.M1
>
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> (2009-04-27 12:38:57) nickboldt: the html in the update site is entirely irrelevant and could be replaced w/ a pointer back to the install instructions
> (2009-04-27 12:39:24) nickboldt: I doubt anyone ever uses it to download individual feature jars, so it's kinda misleading
> (2009-04-27 12:39:53) nickboldt: for me the only value it provides is seeing the build timestamp and hudson ID so I know how recent it is
> (2009-04-27 12:42:37) |xam_at_hibernat: nickboldt: for the updatesite index.html then I agree - the actually listing of files with links is pointless for download; BUT having the page showing this is the url for Development|Stable|Nightly and that you can use this by adding the updatesite to eclipse and alternatively download the zips directly from <point to links > and here are some more info <point to the install docs>
> See also https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-4033, which can be done in parallel to this task.

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