a couple suggestions for fedora web page for test releases

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 4 May 2005, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:

> ons, 04.05.2005 kl. 13.31 skrev Robert P. J. Day:
> >   for easier access to potentially useful info, can i make a couple
> > suggestions regarding the fedora web pages, particularly when it comes
> > to test releases?
> >
> >   regarding
> >
> >   http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/
> >
> > i'm pretty sure there's precious little value in the bottom half of
> > that page -- the schedules for previous FC releases.  (if people
> > really need to know that stuff for posterity, a "history" page might
> > be appropriate.)
> >
> > and replacing the historical info, how about links like:
> >
> >   "Where to download"
> >   "Release notes"
> >   "Current package list"
> >   "Breaking news for this test release!"
> >
> > and so on.  when a new test release comes out, it would be kinda nice
> > to have all the relevant info linked from a single place, rather than
> > having to hunt for it.

> Having "how to install rawhide" in that place would also be usefull.

i could properly see that as a sub-topic under "Where to download/How
to get/How to install" or something like that, with all of the
variations documented there.

at the moment, however, there's just too much stuff closely-related
stuff scattered across more than one page.  the schedule for test
releases is under "Participate->Schedule", while getting a test
release is under "Download->Test Releases".

given that messing with test releases is a specialized subject, i
think everything related to that topic should be in one place.  and
i'm willing to bet that would cut down on the number of common
questions.

what about something like

Test Releases
  What is a test release?
	Danger, danger ... etc, etc. ... might eat all of the
	cheese in your house ...
  The schedule for test releases
  How to install a test release
	Variations here, including rawhide
  Keeping up to date with test updates
	Appropriate yum.conf entries for a test release
  Mailing list for test releases
	NO, do not use the standard fedora mailing list ...
  FAQ for test releases
  Current test version and package list

or whatever.  just thinking out loud.

rday