Have README recommend using stable versions of modules

In the Download section, the dev-module is the only one presented there. Guess to present the last stable version would be sufficient enough, provided, this last stable would be a 5.x-version.

As of 10/6/07, the latest stable versions of the 25 modules are:

akismet-5.x-1.3.tar.gz
bio-5.x-1.0.tar.gz
cck-5.x-1.6-1.tar.gz
chatroom-5.x-1.9.tar.gz
conference_organizing-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
date-5.x-1.7.tar.gz
imagefield-5.x-1.1.tar.gz
jstools-5.x-0.8.tar.gz
link-5.x-2.1.tar.gz
location-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
logintoboggan-5.x-1.0.tar.gz
moduleweight-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
og-5.x-4.0.tar.gz
pathauto-5.x-2.0.tar.gz
pearwiki_filter-5.x-1.1.tar.gz
tagadelic-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
tagadelic_views-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
token-5.x-1.9.tar.gz
update_status-5.x-2.0.tar.gz
views-5.x-1.6.tar.gz
views_fastsearch-5.x-1.1.tar.gz
vote_up_down-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz
votingapi-5.x-1.5.tar.gz
webform-5.x-1.7.tar.gz
wikitools-5.x-1.0.tar.gz

Also for increased usability, it'd be nice to include the following terminal command to automatically download all of these modules -- you'll end up saving people somewhere between 10-20 minutes.

Also, there should be a folder named "modules" that is already included in the cod install download, which I'll open a separate issue for.

But regarding the README.txt you could include something like this:

To quickly download the recommended module version, then navigate in a terminal window to 'profiles/code/modules' and enter in the following download command:

wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/akismet-5.x-1.3.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/bio-5.x-1.0.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/cck-5.x-1.6-1.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/chatroom-5.x-1.9.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/conference_organizing-5.x-1.x-dev.t... wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/date-5.x-1.7.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/imagefield-5.x-1.1.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/jstools-5.x-0.8.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/link-5.x-2.1.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/location-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/logintoboggan-5.x-1.0.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/moduleweight-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/og-5.x-4.0.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/pathauto-5.x-2.0.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/pearwiki_filter-5.x-1.1.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/tagadelic-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/tagadelic_views-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/token-5.x-1.9.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/update_status-5.x-2.0.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/views-5.x-1.6.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/views_fastsearch-5.x-1.1.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/vote_up_down-5.x-1.x-dev.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/votingapi-5.x-1.5.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/webform-5.x-1.7.tar.gz; wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/wikitools-5.x-1.0.tar.gz;

Unpack all of the zipped files before proceeding.

Won't that require an update to this README every time one of the modules issues another stable release?

But yes, this would save some time and make sure people get 5.x versions first time, cough.

There is the update_status.module, which will also recommend the latest stable release.
So in theory, an update to the README.txt wouldn't be necessary.

But for the end-user experience, I think it's worth putting in there as an option.

Thanks for the wget version list

> Unpack all of the zipped files before proceeding.

On *unix* run this command on profiles/cod/modules:

for foo in `ls *.tar.gz`; do tar zxvf $foo; done

dww is working on better packaging for distributions so they will come with all their modules and with drupal core.