[Lazarus] Test the Lazarus fixes_0_9_30 branch

[Bernd Kreuss]

On 12.02.2011 16:11, Vincent Snijders wrote:
>> Or at least make them more prominent on the Snapshots page or even
>> create a separate page "Release candidates" or something like that in
>> the site navigation between "Download" and "Dayly Snapshots"?
>>
> 
> Those are good ideas.

Also maybe instead of the new website (which has been suggested many
times and still won't come because the goal was set too high) maybe the
existing portal software could be used to transport essential information.

I'm sure there is a way to use this forum software to make a sticky
topic or frontpage info box that contains all the most important
information that a user expects when he visits the website for the first
time (namely where to download Lazarus) in some simple textual form (no
complicated web design needed):

Lazarus - IDE and GUI framework for the Free Pascal programming language

* The current stable release of Lazaus is 0.9.28.2, you can download it
here: [link]

* Release candidates for the new upcoming release are 0.9.29-x, please
test them and report bugs, you can download them here: [link]

* Daily snapshots of the trunk are 0.9.31-x, they are only recommended
for experimenting with the very latest bleeding edge features, not yet
recommended for productive use. You can find them here: [link]

This can be expanded with one or two sentences explaining the version
numbering in general and what is contained in the downloads and what to
expect after installation and where to continue reading for more
information, maybe a few links pointing to some relevant wiki pages,
just enough text to fill the entire front page with the most relevant
information for quick overview and to move the irrelevant twitter links
and the forum posts to the bottom and out of sight. Maybe this "Info"
box that is already there and only contains two links could be used for
this.

Bernd