On Sep 30, 2012, at 6:57 PM, RGB ES <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Right. We cannot assume that Apache "code words" have anything but normal English meanings outside if Apache. We only confuse users, journalists and others if we use specialized and subtle internal concepts on public pages. We've seen this already with terms like incubation and podling. A better way to handle this education task is via blog posts where we can explain these things in greater depth. In fact I just did a blog post on the importance of the source code. -Rob > > Regards > Ricardo
