--- a/website/download.html
+++ b/website/download.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><b>Downloads</b></li>
- <li><a href="usermanual/index.html">User manual</a></li>
+ <li><a href="doc.html">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="usermanual/rcl.install.html">Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="index.html#support">Support</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
</table>
</p>
+ <h2><a name="source">General information</a></h2>
+
<p>You will probably need to have a look at the
<a href="usermanual/rcl.install.html">installation manual</a> for
building and/or installation instructions.</p>
@@ -68,12 +70,17 @@
<a href="usermanual/index.html#RCL.INSTALL.EXTERNAL">list</a> to
decide what you may want to install.</p>
+ <p>In addition, optional functionality in Recoll (the term explorer
+ tool in phonetic mode) uses the <b>aspell</b> package. The
+ installed version should be at least 0.60 (utf-8 support) for
+ this to run smoothly. This function is far from essential.</p>
+
<p>If you find problems with the package or its
installation, <em>please</em>
<a href="mailto:jean-francois.dockes@wanadoo.fr">
report them</a>.</p>
- <h4>What do the release numbers mean?</h4>
+ <h3>What do the release numbers mean?</h3>
<p>The Recoll releases are numbered X.Y.Z. </p>
@@ -110,7 +117,16 @@
1.8.2 was released purely for fixing a small issue of
compatibility with xapian 1.0.0 and small config/install
glitches. There is no functional reason to upgrade from
- 1.8.1, (or update packages).
+ 1.8.1, (or update packages).</p>
+
+ <p>Recoll 1.8.2 is the first release that will let you take
+ advantage of the new Xapian 1.0, the main user-visible change
+ of which is the new default index format. In order to take
+ advantage of the new format (which is not mandatory) Recoll
+ users updating from an older release need to delete their old
+ index. There are <a
+ href="usermanual/usermanual.html#RCL.INDEXING.STORAGE.FORMAT">more
+ details in the user manual</a>.</p>
<p>Older recoll releases:
<a href="recoll-1.8.1.tar.gz">1.8.1</a>
@@ -128,8 +144,8 @@
<h2><a name="rpms">Packages</a></h2>
<p>The executables inside the binary rpms have a static link to
- xapian, there is no dependency except Qt 3.3. Of course you need
- xapian-core installed to use the source rpm. </p>
+ xapian 0.9.x, there is no dependency except Qt 3.3. Of course
+ you need xapian-core installed to use the source rpm. </p>
<p><b>Fedora Core</b>
FC6 RPM:
@@ -168,10 +184,16 @@
<a href="debian/edgy/">debian/edgy</a>
</p>
+ <p><b>Ubuntu 6.06 dapper</b> (the feisty version does not work
+ on dapper). This has a static link on xapian 0.9.10:
+ <a href="debian/dapper/recoll_1.8.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb">
+ recoll_1.8.2-0ubuntu1_i386.deb</a> </p>
+
<p><b>Debian unstable</b> Recoll is in the package repository,
- you can install it with the usual <em>apt-get install
- recoll</em>. <a
- href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/r/recoll.html">Package page</a></p>
+ you can install it with the usual <em>apt-get install
+ recoll</em>. <a
+ href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/r/recoll.html">
+ Package page</a></p>
<p><b>Debian 3.1</b> Thanks to Mario (<img align="top" src="mario.png">)
for these: i386: