[M3devel] Request web page updates

[Olaf Wagner]

Hi Peter,

thanks for the concrete suggestions.
There are no RC2 packages yet, because there have been changes and
further problems. Of course we'll have to adapt the web presentation,
but I'd like to wait until the packages are there.

If you like, you can already make changes to the pages checked-in
to cm3/www though. www.opencm3.net/releng is not publicly linked
by intention yet.

I'm not sure if we can release RC2 this weekend, and I'm really busy
during the week.

I'll provide a status list from my point of view to better coordinate
things.

Thanks again,

Olaf

Quoting Peter Eiserloh <eiserlohpp at yahoo.com>:

> Hi Olaf,
>
> Lets try to get the web site into "ship shape", getting ready
> for visitors coming to check us out, after reading about the
> latest release.  Can your servers handle the Slashdot effect?
>
> Anyways, here are a few suggestions.
>
>
> 1 - Downloads: Could you put a link to the tarball for the
> 5.8.x release canididate (RC2) onto the web server, more
> specifically on
>
>    http://opencm3.net/download.html
>
> Once, the final version if 5.8.x is released, remove the link to the
> RCx tarball, in favor of a permanent link to that final release,
> just like the 5.4 release.
>
>
> 2 - News: (a) It would also be very nice if the "home" or start page
> brings up "news" items.  I always forget to look at the
> current news page.  Actually I just discovered that it is
> there.
>
> (b) You should add a news item promoting the use of the release
> candidate, to help expose any regressions before the final
> release.
>
> (c) The major changes to the compiler should be listed
> somewhere, since the last release shown on the download
> page.  Right now the last release indicated is 5.4.
> There are some snapshots of 5.5, but not final release
> of 5.5.
>
>
> 3 - About-CM3: The "About CM3" page, should have a section
> listing all the changes / enhancements to the language that
> it accepts vice that described in the language reference
> from Nelson's SPWM3.
>
> For example, WIDECHAR, LONGINT are two new primitive types.
>
> Also list all the pragmas recognized by the compiler as
> that is a compiler unique issue.
>
>    http://opencm3.net/about-cm3.html
>
> It should also list all the architectures that are supported
> by the compiler.  These should always reflect those of the
> latest "release" version of the compiler.
>
>
> 4 - FAQ: Is there a way to get a single page for the FAQ
> for the FAQ, one that is easy to print?
>
> I haven't had the time to look it over yet, so in time,
> I will be asking "questions", that we may want to add
> as FAQ items.
>
>
> 5 - ROADMAP: We should have a page on which we record
> suggestions for changes to the compiler, libraries, and
> build system.  This should capture the long term goals
> which require thinking and concurrence among the community.
> Simple things such as bug fixes would not be listed here.
>
> These requested changes (and amendments to them), could
> then be prioritized, and tracked.
>
>
> +--------------------------------------------------------+
> | Peter P. Eiserloh                                      |
> +--------------------------------------------------------+
>
>
>
>



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