2012/10/1 Kay Schenk <[email protected]> > > Maybe at some point we could craft something similar like, > > Apache OpenOffice project (podling) provides releases in two forms, > binaries which run on: > Windows 7, XP and Vista. [reasons why these particular > versions, state prerequisites] > MacOSX 10. .... [reasons why these particular versions, > prerequisites] > Linux .... [reasons for versions, prerequisities] > > and source which can be used to build on: > Windows > MacOSX > Linux > FreeBSD >
and Solaris? > > by following the provided build instructions [link here]. > > I think it may confuse some people to use wording like -- "For the > convenience of our users..." when all they've ever downloaded is > binaries. I wouldn't want them to think at some point we would abandon > the binaries. Most users think of OpenOffice as something they just > install and run. > +1. This is one of those situations on which trying to make things clearer can obscure everything so we must be very careful with the wording. Regards Ricardo
