On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
Piotr confirmed that damned-lies does not know how to handle Android code so for now at least, we just have to recommend a simple/easy method for translators to translate. >>>> 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/ -- Regards, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) ________________________________________ Befriend GNOME: http://www.gnome.org/friends/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team Release-team lurker? 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