On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Ekaterina Gerasimova <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1 September 2015 at 12:17, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi Ankit, >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Ankit <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've put GeoclueShare in the wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/GeoclueShare >> >> Thanks so much. About translations, thanks for adding the link to >> "supporting other languages" guide but it seems to be an in-depth >> information for developers. What would be lovely is a simple guide for >> non-developers to learn how they can contribute translations. At this >> point, it would be fine to assume some basic familiarity with git. > > For translations, please get in touch with the l18n team to ask for > your project to be set up with their infrastructure.
They already have tools for dealing with Android code? >>> It's still not been added to the Apps page yet, shall I go ahead and add it? >> >> If you meant this page: >> >> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps >> >> you'll find it's already added automatically for you :) >> >>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Andre Klapper <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Could someone provide context, e.g. what "app"? Plus I'm not even sure >>>> > who wrote what in the quoted email due to missing attribution. >>>> >>>> I was going to provide a link to board-list archive but seems that's >>>> not public accessible. Here is the orginal email of this thread: >>>> >>>> ---- From Ankit <[email protected]> --- >>>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> I'm working on a Google Summer of Code project [1] under the >>>> mentorship of Zeeshan Ali. >>>> >>>> Half of my project was to create an Android application. Now that the >>>> application is ready, we are expecting to publish it on two major >>>> Android app stores F-droid and Google Play. Google Play doesn't have >>>> an official GNOME account yet; and in my opinion it should have one, >>>> for more Android applications to come. >>>> Google Play has a one time fee of $25 for developers. >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreach/SummerOfCode/2015/Projects/Ankit_GPSSharing >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ankit >>>> ----------------- >>>> >>>> If you like, I can forward the entire thread to release-team list? >>>> >>>> > andre >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, 2015-08-25 at 13:07 +0100, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: >>>> >> Hi Allan, >>>> >> >>>> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Allan Day <[email protected]> >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >> > Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> > ... >>>> >> > > > It seems like a shame if we don't distribute the app on the >>>> >> > > > Play >>>> >> > > > store. As far as I can see, while there's a few things to work >>>> >> > > > out, it >>>> >> > > > shouldn't be all that difficult to resolve them. >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > The thing is that I'm really not the person to deal with those >>>> >> > > issues >>>> >> > > so I don't know if they are difficult or easy to solve. If >>>> >> > > someone >>>> >> > > else can take care of all the bureaucratic and administrative >>>> >> > > issues/questions involved, that would be lovely. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > The main thing that's required is an agreement with the Release >>>> >> > Team >>>> >> > about how the process should work. >>>> >> >>>> >> Release team is usually pretty busy and thin on resources so I'm not >>>> >> sure if they could take more work/responsibility on their shoulders, >>>> >> but I'll ask (adding to CC). >>>> >> >>>> >> > A good starting point would be to >>>> >> > create a wiki page for the app (under https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/ >>>> >> > ), >>>> >> > with the usual details: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > * List the maintainer, development resources, bug tracking. >>>> >> > * Explain how contributors can get involved. >>>> >> > * Explain how the app can be tested. >>>> >> > * Screenshots?! >>>> >> >>>> >> That could be easily arranged, Ankit could you please take care of >>>> >> that? You can take a look at other wikipages under >>>> >> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/ for examples. >>>> >> >>>> >> > And since it's an Android app, it would be good to have a few notes >>>> >> > on >>>> >> > how translations and documentation work. >>>> >> >>>> >> Not sure if documentation is much needed here but translations, yes >>>> >> we >>>> >> need a way to handle those. I have no clue about Android so this is >>>> >> another thing Ankit will have to answer. >>>> >> >>>> >> > ... >>>> >> > > > I guess I'm missing something here, but what would be the >>>> >> > > > motivation >>>> >> > > > for moving to freedesktop.org? >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > Cause geoclue is there and this is more a part of geoclue than >>>> >> > > GNOME, >>>> >> > > even though currently GNOME is the only desktop that will benefit >>>> >> > > from >>>> >> > > it. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > I'm not so sure about this. GNOME seems far better equipped to >>>> >> > maintain and release user facing software than Freedesktop. >>>> >> >>>> >> Of course but IMHO that is not relevant unless we want release team >>>> >> to >>>> >> create infra to build (and upload binaries to Play store). Otherwise, >>>> >> whether it's going to be on Play store, our webspace or geoclue's >>>> >> webspace, we simply provide link to that. >>>> >> >>>> > -- >>>> > Andre Klapper | [email protected] >>>> > http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> Befriend GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/friends/ >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) >> ________________________________________ >> Befriend GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/friends/ -- Regards, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) ________________________________________ Befriend GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/friends/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team Release-team lurker? Do NOT participate in discussions.
