Hello 8.4beta1

git-svn-id: file:///Users/dpage/pgweb/svn-repo/trunk@2463 8f5c7a92-453e-0410-a47f-ad33c8a6b003

diff --git a/portal/layout/css/blue/layout.css b/portal/layout/css/blue/layout.css
index 30773c241eb9119be8d2ccf946fa963b9f981a5a..2d33e6c27dd6d7d8839038741af89a8c3abfff49 100644 (file)
--- a/portal/layout/css/blue/layout.css
+++ b/portal/layout/css/blue/layout.css
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
 #pgFrontFeature {
   position: relative;
-  background: #F5F5F5 url(/layout/images/feature_elephant.png) right bottom no-repeat;
+  background: #F5F5F5 url(/layout/images/feature_gears.png) right bottom no-repeat;
   /* Also see pgFrontFeatureContent for image size */
   padding: 15px;
   margin-bottom: 1em;

diff --git a/portal/template/en/developer/beta.html b/portal/template/en/developer/beta.html
index 06168c5f2eca31d9d444b70eb02da3cd8a36cef3..61b927ee1aa6c182695980edbc4bd0ed6eb0eaaf 100644 (file)
--- a/portal/template/en/developer/beta.html
+++ b/portal/template/en/developer/beta.html
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ Beta Information
 <h1 class="nav">Beta Information</h1>
 
 <p>
-PostgreSQL 8.3 was <a href="/about/news.918">released</a> on February 4th. The
-development tree for 8.4 is now open.
-</p>
+Feature freeze for PostgreSQL 8.4 took place on November 1st 2008. Since that time we have gone through the submitted patch queue and applied all outstanding patches that were deemed ready for release. As of this time, we are now releasing beta releases for all to test. What can you do to help?</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Take a backup of your current database system with both old and new versions of pg_dump and load them into 8.4. Any application you have that runs against a PostgreSQL database should be tested against the updated server. You can report any PostgreSQL bugs or errors using <a href="/support/submitbug">the bug reporting form</a>.</li>
+  <li>If your platform is not listed in the <a href="http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/show_status.pl">automatic build farm</a>, please download the source code and verify that you can build the release. You can send positive or negative results to <a href="mailto:pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org">pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org</a>.</li>
+  <li>Read through the 8.4 documentation, especially for new features, and suggest areas for improvment or clarification</a>.</li>
+  <li>You might want to subscribe to the <a href="http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/">pgsql-hackers mailing list</a>. This is where development of PostgreSQL takes place, and users involved in the beta program should be subscribed in order to recieve the most up to date information.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Some important links you will need for testing PostgreSQL 8.4:</p>
+<ul>
+        <li>You can find the source code for the latest beta release in our <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/v8.4beta1">FTP area</a>
+        <li>One-click installers for Windows, Mac and Linux 32 &amp; 64 bit are available from <a href="http://www.enterprisedb.com/products/pgdownload.do">EnterpriseDB</a>.
+        <li>RPMs for various Linux distributions can be found on the PostgreSQL <a href="http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org">yum repository</a>.
+        <li>You can find the latest MSI installer binaries for Windows in our <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.4beta1/win32">FTP area</a></li>.
+        <li>The list of <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_8.4_Open_Items">Open Items</a> for 8.4.
+        <li><a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4.html">Release notes for 8.4</a>.
+        <li><a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/index.html">Pre-release version of the 8.4 documentation</a>.
+</ul>
+<p>PostgreSQL traditionally has several rounds of beta releases, followed by a few rounds of release candidates before final release. How quickly these phases progress depends on your help!</p>

diff --git a/portal/template/index.html b/portal/template/index.html
index aa093eace000c9bc6215a4aa894506e8ad2d5440..8b2e6c6fce41c3f419099af1ab4816dbd6328603 100644 (file)
--- a/portal/template/index.html
+++ b/portal/template/index.html
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@ func_lang("The world's most advanced open source database")
             <div id="pgFrontFeature">
               <div id="pgFrontFeatureContent">
                 <h1 id="txtFrontFeatureHeading">
-                  func_lang("PostgreSQL updates released")
+                  func_lang("PostgreSQL 8.4 Beta Now Available")
                 </h1>
                 <p>
-                func_lang("The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has
-                released minor versions 8.3.7, 8.2.13, 8.1.17, 8.0.21 and 7.4.25. All users should upgrade to receive the latest fixes.")
+                func_lang("After more than a year of development work, the next version of PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced Open Source database is now available for beta testing.")
                 </p>
                <div id="txtFrontFeatureLink">
-           <br/>
-                  <img src="/layout/images/blt_blu_arrow.png" width="6" height="5" alt="" />
-                   <a href="/download" title="Download the Latest Updates">func_lang("Download the latest updates")</a><br />
+                  <br/>
+                  <img src="/layout/images/blt_blu_arrow.png" width="6" height="5" alt="" /><a href="http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.1074" title="Announcement">func_lang("Full Announcement")</a><br />
+                  <img src="/layout/images/blt_blu_arrow.png" width="6" height="5" alt="" /><a href="/developer/beta" title="Participate in the PostgreSQL Beta Program">func_lang("Participate in the PostgreSQL Beta Program")</a><br />
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>