Please wikify this! :) There is a note about something like this at the end of the doc page which would be good to link: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Documentation
Marco On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Morgan Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been thinking about a better portal for downloading activities. I > came up with some ideas, that I unfortunately don't have time to > implement, but I would be happy to cheer someone on if they are > inspired by this... > > It should be easy to upload an activity (specifically after the first > time it has been done) - easier than uploading to the wiki. > > Activities should be categorised according to various properties, including: > * The usual activity metadata from activity.info > * Descriptions, as in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities > * Category, as in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities > * Age ranges the activity is suitable for? (Possibly a Mature category > for Doom?) > * Competencies required: Pre-reading, reading, writing, ... > * Development maturity > - like sourceforge: planning / pre-alpha / alpha / beta / stable > * Collaborative? > - yes / no / only (for activities like Connect or Chat that don't > function as a single user activity) > * Requires Internet? (e.g. Gmail) > * Compatible with: Sugar / Glucose version or OLPC release or distro > release... e.g. Sugar >= 0.81 > * Additional Dependencies (e.g. video-chat-activity needs extra RPMs > not in a build) > * Tags > * Languages - pulled out of the .xo > * Low power friendly? > * Related activities (for suites or alternatives) > * Screenshot > > Activities have Releases, which have status similar to the development > maturity - Suitable for: development / QA / public release etc - and > of course the downloadable bundle for that release... > > The site should be internationalisable using standard i18n tools. > > Bonus points for: > * Publishing a text page like > http://mock.laptop.org/repos/local.update1/XOS/index.html at > predictable URLs that lists activities compatible with a given > release, for easy downloading with scripts etc. > * Publishing the source in public distributed revision control, to get > easy contributions to code / templates > * Deployment on a system that is monitored and actively sysadmined > * Implementation in a Python web framework, to tap into the existing > developer community :) > * A catchy name... > > Future features: > * Download statistics > * Feedback to the author(s) > > Regards > Morgan > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
