Re: Source tarballs on lilypond.org

[Jonas Hahnfeld]

On Fri, 2023-09-01 at 16:25 +0200, Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> > As for the issue, I consider that somewhat of an outlier: Most users
> > will follow the links on the website, and everything will work for
> > them. A small fraction tries to find the binaries where they used to be
> > (and I'm surprised there are still questions about the installer
> > scripts...), but I find it highly unlikely that those people check the
> > directory with the sources, so not uploading them doesn't really change
> > anything for those users, does it?
> 
> I think we could add a "README" or "IMPORTANT-NOTICE" file in
> directories like http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/documentation/,
> stating that new releases are on GitLab, and call the issue done.
> WDYT?

Yes, could be a good idea. Looking at the directory, it seems like the
contents of README.html are displayed below the list of directories,
maybe we should use that? If not, we can probably come up with a custom
solution to show the notice prominently.

Jonas

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