2009/8/18 Barry Warsaw <[email protected]>: > On Aug 18, 2009, at 1:24 AM, Tim Penhey wrote: > >> This has been floated before, but perhaps we could add this in for 3.0. >> >> <thumper> sinzui: rename code -> branches for the "tab", and add a "code" >> tab >> for projects that goes to loggerhead >> <sinzui> +1 >> <thumper> I'll copy that into an email for beuno
I agree with most of jml's points, including that there is already a bug about this. I think the Launchpad-metadata view of branches needs to be closely linked to the loggerhead view of the branch contents. Perhaps in the branch listing page there should be a link on each row that will take you into the branch. >> Questions: >> 1) What about projects that don't have "code" like documentation projects That seems to mean that you can't use the word 'code' to mean Loggerhead. >> 2) What about packages? Enable if a linked branch? > > My concern with "branches" is that the term assumes a more than passing > understanding of how a VCS works. I think a better term that should be > instantly recognizable and applicable across types of projects would be > "Files". > > It's not a precise term, since of course we also track directories, and > Files might imply also downloads (and PPAs?) but I actually think that's > fine. I would expect to go to Files and find all the artifacts of the > project, in whatever downloadable form is most natural. E.g. instructions > for branching, links to download, help in hooking up to Ubuntu, web browser > of source code. Make it a one-stop-shop for everything I can grab for the > project and I think Files makes sense as a tab name. If you think about this from the point of view of a software project designing their own home page: Most software project homepages have a tab or similar for 'downloads' or 'releases'. I think those are somewhat better names than 'files'. People seem to think Launchpad should have one too. I really feel 'files' should not take you into a branch contents browser, but rather into the specifically identified download files. Developers would not thank us for encouraging users to get a snapshot of trunk when they want a release tarball. I like them both but I don't actually want a one-stop motorcycles-and-marmalade shop. :-) -- Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/> _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
