Daniel Skov Klejnstrup wrote: > Hi there...
Hello! > Why not make a flexible PHP-solution, that enables both the creator and > the enduser to view through different hardware from the same MAKE&MODEL > (My Dell Inspiron 8600 could be ordered with 3 different gfx's! - Just > an example!) The ThinkPad line has a similar problem. Are you talking about integrating such a tool with the wiki? If that's the case, I'd propose that it should be done as a MoinMoin extension and thus written in Python, since I believe the Ubuntu wiki is MoinMoin-powered. We should strive for consistency in languages for the tools we use wherever possible. That said, if such a thing isn't possible with a MoinMoin extension then PHP would probably work just fine. > It could also enable people to create ALL ubuntu-versions (and kubuntu, > edubuntu, etc... if there are specific setup issues in these > subdistros!) as subpages to the MAKE&MODEL-page (It's possible now, but > NOT flexible at all!) It might simply be time for a cleanup of the LaptopTestingTeam page and subpages. I'm not sure how long its been since I just got here, but I think we might be able to go a long way towards enhancing maintainability and updatability by simply cleaning up the hierarchy a bit. I think we could start by moving all the unmaintained reports to being children of another page -- UnmaintainedReports maybe? -- under LaptopTestingTeam to get them off the main page. I also think we should condense any vendor with, say, three or more testing reports to having subpages the way that IBM/Lenovo, Compaq, Dell, and a few others are. Perhaps we could move all testing reports to vendor-specific subpages of LaptopTestingTeam, even if there's only one testing report for that vendor. We could put UnmaintainedReports as a subpage of LaptopTestingTeam as well, and move old reports to vendor-specific subpages of that. I dunno. I'm brainstorming here. :-) We might also be able to add a new column to the tables to include a shorthand of the system's specs, kind of like Apple has on the backs of their desktops (and inside the battery bay on their laptops) -- for instance, my PowerBook G4 is "1.5GHz/1GB/80G/SuperDrive/BT/APX/Backlit KB". Maybe my ThinkPad could be notated as "PM1.7GHz/1.5GB/80G/Combo/Radeon Mobility 9600 64MB" or something. Would make it easier for people to scan down a table to find a hardware configuration that matches theirs. Again, more brainstorming. I love your interest in helping, Daniel -- I share that interest -- and I'm not trying to fault your idea at all, so please don't misunderstand me. I just want to make sure we don't have "tools" already available that'd allow us to make things cleaner and easier for both users and maintainers. What does everyone else think? Thanks, Jeff -- laptop-testing-team mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/laptop-testing-team
