[Hugin-cvs] SF.net SVN: hugin:[4242] htdocs/download/index.shtml

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Revision: 4242
          http://hugin.svn.sourceforge.net/hugin/?rev=4242&view=rev
Author:   yuv
Date:     2009-08-18 01:24:09 +0000 (Tue, 18 Aug 2009)

Log Message:
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updated download page:
* history in reverse chronological order
* explanation that we release source tarballs, not binaries
* updated dependencies / general requirements

Modified Paths:
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    htdocs/download/index.shtml

Modified: htdocs/download/index.shtml
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--- htdocs/download/index.shtml	2009-08-17 21:54:39 UTC (rev 4241)
+++ htdocs/download/index.shtml	2009-08-18 01:24:09 UTC (rev 4242)
@@ -16,32 +16,33 @@
 <h2>History</h2>
 
 <ul>
-<li>0.1 released May 2003</li>
-
-<li>0.4 January 2004</li>
-
+<li>0.8.0 released July 2009</li>
+<li>0.7.0 released October 2008</li>
+<li>0.7.0 feature freeze February 2008</li>
+<li>0.7beta4 released February 2007</li>
+<li>0.6.1 stable released October 2006</li>
 <li>0.5 released December 2005, hugin reached <em>stable</em> state: the essential features are working.
 Currently hugin runs on Linux, Windows, MacOSX and many Unix systems.
 </li>
+<li>0.4 January 2004</li>
+<li>0.1 released May 2003</li>
+</ul>
 
-<li>0.6.1 stable released October 2006</li>
+<h2>Pre-compiled versions</h2>
 
-<li>0.7beta4 released February 2007</li>
+<p>The Hugin project makes reasonable efforts to ensure that the released source code builds on a wide variety of platforms. We also provide information how to build the source code (links below). We don't have the resources to go beyond that. Sometimes we also don't have access to specific platforms and can't guarantee that the code builds either.</p>
 
-<li>0.7.0 feature freeze February 2008</li>
+<p>Please don't ask us for binaries / pre-compiled versions. We believe that if a group of users of a specific platform feels the need, they will eventually produce them.</p>
 
-<li>0.7.0 released October 2008</li>
+<p>For platforms with package managers, please inform us of the location of your binaries and we'll gladly link to instructions how to use them.</p>
 
-<li>0.8.0 released July 2009</li>
+<p>As a courtesy for platforms without package managers, we'll upload contributed binaries to the official Sourceforge repository after they have passed enough testing. You are free to distribute your (unofficial) builds from everywhere else at any time.
 
-</ul>
-
-<h2>Pre-compiled versions</h2>
-
 <ul>
-<li><a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/hugin/hugin-0.7.0_win32-setup.exe">Windows</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin/files/hugin/hugin-0.8.0/">Mac OSX</a></li>
-<li>Linux: use your distribution's package manager.</li>
+<li>Windows: <a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/hugin/hugin-0.7.0_win32-setup.exe">official</a> 0.7.0 (there are still quality assurance issues with dependencies). Snapshots and unofficial versions are linked from the panospace <a href="http://panospace.wordpress.com/downloads/#devel">download</a> page.</li>
+<li>Mac: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/hugin/files/hugin/hugin-0.8.0/">official</a> 0.8.0. Snapshots and unofficial versions are linked from the panospace <a href="http://panospace.wordpress.com/downloads/#devel">download</a> page.</li>
+<li>Linux: use your distribution's official package manager.</li>
+<li>FreeBSD: Hugin is in the ports collection.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <!--h2>Windows</h2>
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@
   <li><strong>wxWindows</strong>.  Install <a
 href="http://www.wxwindows.org/">wxWindows from source</a> or from
 one of the pre-built wxWindows packages listed above.  Ensure that
-you have the xrc extension installed.</li>
+you have the xrc extension installed. For Hugin 0.8.0 and later GLCanvas must be activated.</li>
 
   <li><strong>libpano13</strong>.  Download and build sources from <a
 href="http://panotools.sf.net">Panotools</a> or install one of the pre-built
@@ -144,6 +145,14 @@
 
   <li><strong>Image libraries</strong>. libtiff, libjpeg, libpng, OpenEXR and exiv2.</li>
 
+  <li><strong>GLEW</strong> is required for the fast preview, introduced with hugin-0.8.0 or later.</li>
+
+<!-- uncomment after 2009.2.0 release
+  <li><strong>GLUT</strong> is required for hugin-2009.2.0 or later to enable GPU stitching.</li>
+//-->
+
+  <li><strong>LaPACK</strong> is optional and recommended for hugin-0.8.0 or later.</li>
+
   <li><strong>exiftool</strong>. hugin-0.7.0 or later requires the exiftool
 utility from the Image::ExifTool perl module.</li>
 


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