Re: Wrong Version On The Website ?

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mar 25, 2020, 05:34 UTC
Message-ID: <20200325053455.GB651138@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20200325001258.GJ6499@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:12:58AM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:

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> The Mac and Windows builds linked to from the website are provided by
> third parties.  The Git project itself only provides source releases.
> While the Windows builds are usually released around the same time as
> the main source releases, the Mac builds sometimes take longer, since
> they're done by a volunteer.
> 
> If you're interested in the latest release, I recommend trying Homebrew,
> as they tend to be a little more up to date.

I think the web page could do a much better job of making this clear:

 - mentioning homebrew and possibly other sources on the /download/mac
   page

 - make it clear that the binary builds are provided by a 3rd party;
   they may lag official releases (and are not themselves official; I've
   never heard any complaints about them differing in behavior from what
   Git devs would expect, but I don't think anybody from this list is
   really actively paying attention to them either).

Patches welcome (we take PRs at https://github.com/git/git-scm.com).

-Peff