On Wed, 2010-09-08 at 20:17 +0200, Adrian Schröter wrote: <supressed> > Here we have a similar problem like with the openSUSE distribution, it > is > a swiss knife an can be used by almost every user group. But each has > a complete > different view to it and needs a different presentation.
I noticed that openSUSE is placing great efforts in their strategy now. I've chosen not to interfere because I have the feeling I would make it more complex. But here's my opinion... Probably a more generic approach would be better. From my understanding, the users of OBS require some technical skills, like being able to build a package from source. Then you require that the users have some understanding on how packaging works (RPM for example). This really cuts out a lot of 'generic' user-base, so we're aiming at a very technical oriented segments of potential users. Aiming at them, could be a easy way out for starters. So aiming at this people would probably be the best choice, but also providing a small 'startup ramp' for the others wouldn't bring any harm. Above, is actually my opinion. > > > * Highlights and Advantages for the previous point. > > * And how it can be useful to the rest of the world. > > > > The interviews would be nice to be done to Projects that actually > are > > enabled by OBS (i've seen at least scribus as a good example to show > > up), and how it makes life easier for them, the things they value > and > > why would they recommend it. > > > > If you some suggestion for the interviews, I'll gladly accept them, > > since I'll work them out after I know the exact goals we're aiming > for. > > I think you are right when you want to target projects which exists in > build.opensuse.org > in first place. But you could also interview for example the > maintenance people > of openSUSE later (because we target maintenance in OBS 2.2 later this > year). > This is very good feedback, and it does make a good point. We will need to find a way to get some more interviews, its a bit more of work, but will pay off I think. In fact, it could trigger a small chain like: Present OBS > Highlight OBS features > Introduce new Features > People behind features (maintenance). I do favor strong presence of community and 'people'... this is what makes this different from being just a dump of a ChangeLog or Release Notes. > Another interview partner could be someone from MeeGo enviroment or > any other company > who runs an own OBS. I can of course ask some of these people e they > are willing to do an > interview if you want. Yes, I will take your offer. MeeGo is actually the perfect candidate. It is no surprise that the targets of MeeGo and platforms are actually becoming a new trend for the nearby future. This will be great. So if you find more good examples that we can use, I'll welcome them. By the way, I also take this opportunity to ask something, do you have a mascot? And more in the openSUSE orientation, I've seen openSUSE:Contrib displaying a 'Joe Packager', I found this very friendly and amusing. In case you don't have a mascot for OBS, would you be interested that I squeezed a couple of mockups for it? nelson. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
