Despite being a maven fan I have to agree with Chase's assessment, a download link should point to something I can click to get at least binaries copied to my machine, with no strings attached (whether you really should be using Maven, or install my great download manager, or whatever...).
I am all for a prominent Maven-specific instruction page, but it should be labeled as such IMHO.
Just my two cents,
Franck
On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:02 PM, Chase <chase_at_osdev.org> wrote:
> I hate to say it but Jersey has the worse download page of any Java
> project I've seen.
>
> This is what a download page looks like:
> http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/download_io.cgi
>
> The Jersey page seems to confuse Maven details for download links.
> Move sections 2.2 and 2.4 of your current page to a MavenDetails page.
> A download page should have a link to download a .zip at the top of
> the page (a binary zip and a source zip would also be nice) and then
> your current section 2.3 for Maven users.
>
> -Chase
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Pavel Bucek <pavel.bucek_at_oracle.com> wrote:
>> On 6/5/13 3:01 PM, Florian Schwind wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05.06.2013 14:49, Pavel Bucek wrote:
>>
>>
>> <snip />
>>
>>
>>> I tried all links labeled with "download". E.g. the big fat green arrow on
>>> the frontpage points to
>>>
>>>
>>> https://jersey.java.net/nonav/documentation/latest/modules-and-dependencies.html
>>>
>>> which seems odd. :-)
>>
>>
>> it might seem odd, but it was our intention to have it like it is. If you
>> read what is written on referenced page, you should be able to download what
>> you need to run your project. (Or not? Have you read that page?)
>>
>> I can see it might be misleading for non-maven users, is it your case? Do
>> you have any suggestion what we can include there to make "downloads" page
>> more user-friendly and understandable?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Pavel
>>