Binary packages section of info/release.php pages

[Eric Hameleers]

On Sat, 10 Nov 2012, Michael Palimaka wrote:

> On 2012-11-09 23:33, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
>> On Friday, November 09, 2012 00:27:18 Albert Astals Cid wrote:
>>> I was looking today at http://www.kde.org/info/4.9.3.php#binary and see
>>> there's only the Kubuntu information there when i know a few more distros
>>> have  released 4.9.3 packages.
>>> 
>>> Do we still need that? It looks a bit sad how it looks right now (and has
>>> looked in the various releases).
>>> 
>>> Do we want to remove it?
>>> 
>>> Do we want to replace it with something else?
>>> 
>>> Ideas?
>> 
>> In its current state, I'd say: ditch it. If packagers would like to see 
>> their
>> binary packages listed there (and it's not just one or two distros), then 
>> we
>> need to find a way to add the binary packages as they arrive. Could be a
>> manual thing, asking someone to add a link there, even, or we put it on a 
>> wiki
>> page, making it less maintainance work for the release team and easier to 
>> edit
>> for those that would like to see their packages advertised.
>> 
> Hi,
>
> I wonder why packagers aren't updating that page anymore?
>
> I also note that http://www.kde.org/download/distributions.php is looking a 
> bit sad too.
>
> If maintaining a list of which distro has what is not working, perhaps we 
> could just list distros that carry it, linking to their respective KDE 
> packages/guide/information/whatever?
>
> Best regards,
> Michael

I asked Dirk on two occasions how I could add the Slackware packages 
for KDE on that page, but I never revceived an answer. If anyone can 
instruct me how to get access to that page for editing I would be 
glad to update it!

Cheers, Eric

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