Download links on the web page should point to the binaries

[mardukbp]

Currently they point to the source code, but my guess is that most people will want to use SSJ, not hack on it.

[chwyean]

Hi @mardukbp
Which download links are you referring to?
The links to the binaries are in the "releases" tab: https://github.com/umontreal-simul/ssj/releases

If you're referring to the green button "Clone or download", then it is normal. It is to download the git repository.

[mardukbp]

I mean the links in the header of the website http://umontreal-simul.github.io/ssj/

I believe that is the entry point for users, as opposed to GitHub, which is the entry point for devs.

I installed SSJ from the releases tab, but I believe one should be able to download the release directly from the front page.

[chwyean]

I see what you mean. And the download buttons are not descriptive enough (is it the source or jar?).
Thanks for your feedback.

@pierrelecuyer : What do you think?
We could link the buttons directly to the zip and tar.bz2 files (but need to update the link at each new version).
Or we can replace them by a button "Download binary files" that opens https://github.com/umontreal-simul/ssj/releases

[mardukbp]

The link for the latest release can be obtained programatically using the GitHub API:

`which curl` --silent https://api.github.com/repos/umontreal-simul/ssj/releases/latest | `which awk` '/browser_download_url/ { print $2 }' | `which sed` 's/"//g'

Returns

https://github.com/umontreal-simul/ssj/releases/download/v3.2.1/ssj-3.2.1.tar.bz2
https://github.com/umontreal-simul/ssj/releases/download/v3.2.1/ssj-3.2.1.zip

[pierrelecuyer]

On 8/20/2018 9:27 AM, chwyean wrote: I see what you mean. And the download buttons are not descriptive enough (is it the source or jar?). Thanks for you feedback. @pierrelecuyer <https://github.com/pierrelecuyer> : What do you think? We could link the buttons directly to the zip and tar.bz2 files (but need to update the link at each new version).

We definitely do not want to do that and have to update the link.

Or we can replace them by a button "Download binary files" that opens https://github.com/umontreal-simul/ssj/releases

We can do that, pretty simple and safe. In fact, most users I know use it in Eclipse via a Maven link, as in the installation instructions.  So it may be a better idea to point to the installation instructions.

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