Requested tweaks of links to Maven Central

[amy-keibler]

Hello from the Maven Central Team!

We've received several support requests from users who have followed the links on https://www.jython.org/download.html and are expecting to find a "Download" button. Downloading files directly is a somewhat uncommon use-case, so we don't have current plans to modify the UI in a way that would clear up the confusion.

We were wondering if it would be better for the "Jython Installer" and "Jython Standalone JAR" links to link the .jar files on Maven Central directly (e.g. https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/python/jython-installer/2.7.4/jython-installer-2.7.4.jar for the current release and https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/python/jython-installer/ for previous versions)? We see that this changed recently with #37.

We're open to other ideas or feedback on the pages that are currently linked from the downloads page. We just thought it was worth bringing to your attention, so that we can ensure your users successfully find what they're looking for.

Thanks,
The Central Team

[jeff5]

Thanks for alerting us, Amy. That sounds entirely reasonable. For the "slim" version, I see we agree that a link to the artifact description is still what people need.

The "standalone" and "classic" versions are sometimes used as dependencies so maybe this should be available as a second link. Generally though agree the JAR should be the main one.

I think for previous versions the artifact/versions page has value, but you have to know that your next step is "Browse". I'll consider your change, or adding text, or having both links.

[amy-keibler]

I think for previous versions the artifact/versions page has value, but you have to know that your next step is "Browse". I'll consider your change, or adding text, or having both links.

I think the previous versions links could go either way and don't seem to cause as much confusion, so whatever you decide would be fine.