Hey, RSK, We are guessing that many users' offline computers are physically a long way from them, forcing them to travel that distance to create a profile then come back to start downloading apps. Providing pre-made profiles for download allows the user to get started downloading apps for their offline machine immediately.
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Senthil Kumar_Rsk <[email protected]> wrote: > Would be great if you can explain me , why creating profile by the user > itself through Keryx will take more time? They can easily create profiles of > the offline machine of any distribution(of apt support) and they proceed on > rite. Any reason providing profile for download? > Throw some lights on me :) :) > Thanks, > RSK > > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:19 PM, mac9416 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I really like the idea. It would get the community involved in making >> Keryx more useful to more people. >> >> Only trouble is it looks like something that could take a lot of >> coding time, which is something we don't have in excess. >> >> Perhaps we could have a temporary implementation of this using the >> forum. We could open a new forum section with a sticky explaining how >> to submit profiles. Reviews could simply be replies on a profile >> thread, and moderator approval could be given by adding something to >> the thread title. >> >> That would save us the time necessary to build a new website. >> >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Chris Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I had this idea and wanted to gauge interest in it. Right now it's quite >> > a >> > pain for us to create new profiles. Not always do us as developers >> > upgrade >> > to the latest Ubuntu, and we certainly do not have copies of every >> > version >> > or other distros like Debian and Linux Mint. >> > Taking this into consideration, I would like to propose a profile >> > submission >> > site for the Keryx community. The site would be simply as follows: >> > - Give an example of how to create a new profile for common distros >> > (this >> > can be applied indirectly to other apt based distros) >> > - Provide default profiles for other people to use >> > - Allow users to submit their own profiles so that people do not have to >> > wait on us developers to post them >> > - Votes can be cast upon submitted profiles along with comments >> > regarding >> > them. This allows the community to keep track of which profiles possibly >> > were incorrectly created and we could avoid them >> > Keryx 1.1 could provide download access to "verified" profiles from its >> > interface. After a profile has gotten good reviews or has been verified >> > by a >> > moderator, it would be put on a list that would show up in the Keryx >> > home >> > tab. This way we can make sure to keep a high level of quality for >> > profiles >> > while still letting the community help us out doing things. >> > What do you think? I hope I explained the idea clearly enough but feel >> > free >> > to ask questions because I'm sure I missed something important that I >> > wanted >> > to convey. >> > (Cross posted to the blog) >> > -- >> > Chris Oliver >> > http://excid3.com >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~keryx >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~keryx >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~keryx >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~keryx >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~keryx Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~keryx More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
