[Python-Dev] Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X) (original) (raw)

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Wed Apr 14 15:47:23 CEST 2010

On 14/04/2010 13:58, Barry Warsaw wrote:

On Apr 14, 2010, at 02:45 PM, Michael Foord wrote:

Can we amend that to having some placeholder text saying that the Mac installer is not yet available and a link to the previous available version please. That can then be replaced with the normal link once the Mac installer is uploaded. You mean, on the x.y.z release page, or a separate page? I guess you're saying that it's better to include some "not available yet" text on the x.y.x release page than to just comment out the platform. That makes sense, and I'd be happy to do that, since I already make such a caveat in the release announcement.

Yes, I mean on the release page. The issue is that the download links on the sidebar / front page go straight to the latest release page. If there isn't yet a Mac installer available, and no alternative link to get the previous version, it leaves Mac users with no obvious way to get a Mac installer at all. (Those who know the site well can find the previous versions themselves, but for users not intimately familiar with our site layout it is 'a challenge'.)

Thanks

Michael

-Barry

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