Le jeudi 7 octobre 2010 12:10:11, Romain d'Alverny a écrit : > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:36, Samuel Verschelde <[email protected]> wrote: > > Le jeudi 7 octobre 2010 11:20:04, Buchan Milne a écrit : > >> Maybe a rating/voting/popularity system should be available, however in the > >> past people had complained about privacy issues, which I think may have > >> resulted in little effort being put into completion of drakstats. > >> > >> So, maybe a web site should also be developed, which allows users to also > >> access package rating information, and which provides some kind of > >> installation feature. > > > > Yes this web site could : > > - allow package rating > > - show download stats (if possible) > > - show recent versions updates (with the highest rating packages more > > visible than an obscure lib :)) > > - allow backport / new package requests (I know, bugzilla used to be the > > place where you did that previously, but can't we find a way to link both). > > This way packagers would have more visibility on the user's needs. > > You describe quite what Kiosk was designed for (and what most App > Store are nowadays anyway). > > > OK, buchan, how do we start ? Shall we put improvements proposals (UI, > > website, ...) on the wiki, on > > http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=rollingdebate ? > > No, these are two different things. Above wiki page is for stating a > perceived problem, and detailing what people view should be (or not > be) done. > > Stating the need for, and specifying/scratching a web-based (or > semi-web-based) UI for a socially augmented software library is > another thing. >
Well, it's different, but to me part of the debate on the release cycle. As Buchan stated, better perception of backports by users could bring the benefits that some people see in a rolling release. Plus, I'm not only talking about web-based UI, but also rpmdrake improvements regarding backports. However, if you think we shouldn't put an entry saying "no rolling release, but improve current backports scheme, see proposal below", I won't do it. Regards Samuel
