I like this idea as well, I wonder how hard it would be to implement and what all we/they would have to take down to do so. Good thinking! :)
On Sat, 2008-07-26 at 18:34 -0700, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > Michael Casadevall wrote: > > > As we al know, REVU historically has required you to join > > revu-uploaders, and then hunt down an admin to get your key synced or > > updated, which I always felt was klunky, and rather clumsy way to do > > things. Now that REVU uses Launchpad IDs, it also grabs and > > imports/updates GPG keys as needed on each login from the individual > > users page, which I find is a much sleeker solution. > > Definitely :-) Sleeker still would be to also do the import/update of > GPG key upon an upload using dput, so that attempted uploads from > newcomers "just work" rather than being rejected with no clear > notification to the uploader. See LP: #250164 . More generally, making > it easier for newcomers who want to contribute to the bug fixing and > packaging process like this is IMO well worth the effort; current > barriers to entry are somewhat high. > > > It was pointed out to me though that having revu-uploaders though > > allows people to see how you have to be a member of a special group > > to commit to the archive. > > Could the REVU login code query LP to determine "is this person a member > of revu-uploaders", and if the answer is no, display something to the > user who is attempting to log in, asking them to please subscribe to > that group (maybe include a direct subscribe link to it, even)? This > way, you would get the best of both worlds: only one login to manage, no > manual keyring sync delays, *and* a "special group" for REVU uploaders, > for those who feel that has value. > > > This skin is still a work in progress (and a tan option will be made > > available soon wish). > > The colour is less critical (to me) than the overall layout and > information being presented. I think the new skin is a useful > improvement; I also think you'll meet resistance unless you soon give > people a way to set a preference for their REVU skin (theme) of choice. > > Good work! > > Jonathan > > -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
