Glenn Smith wrote:
> Sorry, posted my rant, then disappeared for two days!
> 
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> 
> Am I asking a lot?  Well pop over to python.org (and not python.com like I
> keep making the mistake of going to!) and it's there - new release plus a
> "what's new", same for the previous two releases.  Installers for Windows
> (32 and 64-bit!), and tar.gz's for everybody else (maybe now Mac's are based
> on unix it's easy for them just to run "make"?).
> 
> Fair-do's to Curt for his excelent one-click windows installer, but if that
> is to be the only simple method for eejits like me (and a million others, no
> doubt) then surely this warrants at the very least a mention and a
> direct-link on the front-page of ruby-lang.org?

There is a redesign underway (modulo the time constraints of Real Life) 
of the ruby-lang homepage which, if the various comps are indicative, 
should clear up some of these issues by making it easier to find stuff.



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