* Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070105 18:13]:
Such a gallery should at least include some notice about the copyright
owners and licenses of the parts it is composed from, best with also
links to the source packages used. (And the one operating that gallery
ask a lawyer if more is needed)
Sáb, 2007-01-06 às 12:01 +0100, Bernhard R. Link escreveu:
* Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070105 18:13]:
Such a gallery should at least include some notice about the copyright
owners and licenses of the parts it is composed from, best with also
links to the source packages used. (And
Indeed, given applications are not good examples for this matter.
Although it would be somewhat a waste of bandwidth, but having a
screenshot of a CLI application with output its produces for a typical
use case sounds like a good idea IMHO.
Or, to make it less waste, I suggest to allow for a
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 12:37:53PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
- Provide an HTML interface to the pool
If the packages names are the same I don't see the need to add yet another
line to the debian/control file, packages.debian.org would just need to
point
to
On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:32:52 -0500
Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would really appreciate any comments and suggestions on this.
What I don't really get is, why would we want a similar service in Debian?
We should already be pointing to the upstream site with the Homepage:
On Friday 05 January 2007 11:55, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
What I don't really get is, why would we want a similar service in Debian?
We should already be pointing to the upstream site with the Homepage:
pseudo-header, and in case of GUI programs or games there are usually
plenty of screenshots
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 12:16:25 +0100
Jorge Salamero Sanz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
those extra fields like homepage and screenshot have their point in
integration with gui pkg managers.
It seems just overkill to me.
If the screenshots are going to need an Internet connection to be viewed
anyway,
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:16:25PM +0100, Jorge Salamero Sanz wrote:
On Friday 05 January 2007 11:55, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
What I don't really get is, why would we want a similar service in Debian?
We should already be pointing to the upstream site with the Homepage:
pseudo-header, and
On Friday 05 January 2007 12:42, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
It seems just overkill to me.
If the screenshots are going to need an Internet connection to be viewed
anyway, why the need to mirror them on a Debian server?
because as Steve says, you can control the pics.
And if they are going to
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 11:41:19 +
Steve Kemp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
X-pic: http://screenshots.debian.net/package/version.jpg
This way multiple package versions can have distinct images, eg. the
package in Etch, the package in Lenny, and the package in Sid. Each
of which
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 12:55:00 +0100
Jorge Salamero Sanz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And if they are going to be viewable also offline, there should be a way to
disable the download: I don't use a GUI frontend, so I don't want to
download tons of PNG files I will never use.
neither me i want to
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:59:51PM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
If we really use that scheme, there would be no need to declare an extra
header -- the location of the file can be calculated by the package manager
using the name of the package and the version number.
Agreed. I just wanted
On Friday 05 January 2007 13:09, Steve Kemp wrote:
If going down the XML route then I see no real reason to have
a distinct file per version. Instead have something like:
we should be careful with one xml for all versions if we want to change
something in the future.
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:37:03PM +0100, Jorge Salamero Sanz wrote:
On Friday 05 January 2007 13:09, Steve Kemp wrote:
? If going down the XML route then I see no real reason to have
?a distinct file per version. ?Instead have something like:
we should be careful with one xml for all
* Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070104 23:08]:
I think the screenshot only package is a good option. The packages can
be generated automatically from somewhere and uploaded to debian and
target the same version as the package.
The could be an web interface to help DD's to upload a gallery of
On Friday 05 January 2007 13:54, Steve Kemp wrote:
Surely that would be another argument in *favour* of XML?
(My understanding is that clients are supposed to ignore tags they
don't recognise ..)
yes, but what if you want to change to different system in sid? you have to
duplicate the
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 11:56:02PM -0700, Hubert Chan wrote:
Another thing you may want to consider is to allow for redirects.
e.g. if someone is looking for screenshots for, say, mozilla, then you
can tell them to go to the iceape page instead.
I think that can be accomplished by making
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 09:56:38AM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
I think it would be best to follow backports.org here (read its
'contribution' page) and have users upload just like developers, using FTP
since that makes it fully automated. Maybe provide a mechanism for DDs to
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 01:02:35PM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
And BTW, I think no one would ever want to upload screenshots of CLI
software ;)
Why not? There is some cli software (links, mutt and mp3blaster come to mind)
that have nice text-based UIs which can be presented to the user to
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 11:55:02AM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:32:52 -0500
Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would really appreciate any comments and suggestions on this.
What I don't really get is, why would we want a similar service in Debian?
For
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 03:47:56PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
[...]
There is some cli software (links, mutt and mp3blaster come to mind)
that have nice text-based UIs
[...]
To get pedantic, the applications you mention do have text-based
interfaces, but are not good examples
Sex, 2007-01-05 às 14:13 +0100, Bernhard R. Link escreveu:
Such a gallery should at least include some notice about the copyright
owners and licenses of the parts it is composed from, best with also
links to the source packages used. (And the one operating that gallery
ask a lawyer if more is
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 05:32:52PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
I'd be interested in knowing:
* Would such an idea be feasible?
Yes, it only requires somebody to code in the missing pieces (i.e. all of
them)
* Would maintainers be willing to occasionally upload screenshots?
I would.
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 12:05:03AM +0100, Nico Golde wrote:
Hi,
this idea has been discussed recently, I just can't remember when
exactly though, I'd say in the late 6 monthes. Maybe you can grab some
names of people that were involved in the first proposal there. It may
have been
--- Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:
I would really appreciate any comments and suggestions on this.
We discussed that idea in the Debian Games Team some time ago, and we're very
interested in it. At least for games, having screenshots is something very
important.
Greetings,
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 05:41:35PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 05:32:52PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
I'd be interested in knowing:
* Would such an idea be feasible?
Yes, it only requires somebody to code in the missing pieces (i.e. all of
Maybe in the /debian package, there could be a package.png that is the
screenshot and make them available in the mirrors (pool).
maybe creating a file such as Packages.gz or an extension to it,
informing that it has the screenshot available.
then the user could access the pool ... or ... use
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 08:46:40PM +, Luis Matos wrote:
Maybe in the /debian package, there could be a package.png that is the
screenshot and make them available in the mirrors (pool).
maybe creating a file such as Packages.gz or an extension to it,
informing that it has the screenshot
Qui, 2007-01-04 às 16:49 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez escreveu:
- Requiring a new package upload just for screenshots (If we want to
allow user contributed screenshots, the updates to the screenshots
really need to be able to happen independently of the package
uploads.
I think the
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 05:41:35PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
wrote:
- Provide an HTML interface to the pool
If the packages names are the same I don't see the need to add yet another
line to the debian/control file, packages.debian.org would just need
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 05:32:52PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
Today I was trying to explain to a friend the concept of using a package
management front end to search for and install packages. He liked the
idea of descriptions, but found it hard to imagine what some programs
looked like.
Hi,
* Pierre Habouzit [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-01-03 23:53]:
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 05:32:52PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
Today I was trying to explain to a friend the concept of using a package
management front end to search for and install packages. He liked the
idea of
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 12:05:03AM +0100, Nico Golde wrote:
Hi,
* Pierre Habouzit [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-01-03 23:53]:
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 05:32:52PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
Today I was trying to explain to a friend the concept of using a package
management front end to
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