Button on website to show version of trunk

[Thejaswi Puthraya]

Very often I hear people discouraging the use of Django because the
latest version is 0.96 and has been there for quite long (almost an
year, I guess). Many corporates too do not favour software that is a
pre-1.0 version (though their generalization does not hold true for
Django :)

I want to propose a separate button for download that links to the
trunk source and has the svn version number on the label.

It would also be good if we could have the revision number of the 0.96
version on the download button on the main page to show the amount of
progress that has been made by the project.

Such small cosmetic changes will help in the promotion of Django and
people will give it a proper look (and will not cite the version as
the reason for not giving it a try).

If sufficient people are up for this we could open a ticket and get
this change done.

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Cheers
Thejaswi Puthraya
http://thejaswi.info/

[Marty Alchin]

While I understand the intent, and I agree that people need to realize
that trunk is quite stable, I don't think this is a good way to go
about it. It seems to me that it will only raise questions about the
Django release schedule: "Wait, if there have been 2297 commits since
0.96, why hasn't there been a 0.97 by now? Clearly it's because the
trunk version isn't stable enough for a release."

While that's not a fact, it's certainly a conclusion that could be
drawn by those numbers. Also, keep in mind that those revision numbers
include ALL commits that took place to the SVN repository that hosts
Django, including all the main branches and djangoproject.com. As an
example of why this is an important distinction, some basic research
on my end shows that of the over 7000 commits that have taken place,
well under 5000 of them were to Django trunk. I don't know how many of
them were post-0.96, but I expect it's well less than the 2297 the raw
numbers would suggest.

All in all, I agree that trunk should be promoted more heavily, but I
don't think revision numbers are the way to do it.

-Gul