Website download section

[Geert Janssens]

On Friday 13 November 2009, Tim M wrote:
> Geert, I do see what you are saying about the links.
>
> However, to be honest I don't think the download links should be bypassing
> the download screen of Sourceforge anyway, especially for the binaries and
> source code.  The HTML Readme is a tiny file on the other hand, so IMO it's
> not a big deal if it worked without the screen appearing.  Advertising
> which appears on those pages is part of the site's revenue structure, which
> in turn helps to pay for the downloads and hosting costs though, so I
> personally think the GnuCash links should direct to the Sourceforge
> download page for the specific file rather than attempting to bypass it.
>
> I don't know how others feel about it, but I think it's important to keep
> their revenue structure intact for the services they are providing rather
> than try to bypass it.
>
> -Tim
>
>
Tim,

Personally I don't have a strong opinion about this.

This whole thread started because the download screen is shown for the Readme 
file, which John asked if it could be avoided.

It seems it can't when the file is hosted on SF. It could be avoided if it's 
hosted on the www.gnucash.org.

For the binaries, I think it's indeed ok if the SF download page shows up 
first.

Geert