[ALL] New showroom for Openmoko apps

[Michael Pilgermann]

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> Datum: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:25:25 +0300
> Von: "Risto H. Kurppa" <risto at kurppa.fi>
> An: List for Openmoko community discussion <community at lists.openmoko.org>
> Betreff: Re: [ALL] New showroom for Openmoko apps

> Opkg.org seems to be owned by the author so if the author is not
> co-operative (cannot be reached, doesn't answer e-mails or jabber)
> there's not much we or OM can do about it.
> 
> Summa summarum:
> 
> * Looks like there are people around who support the idea of showroom.
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> * Showroom, not a repository
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> * Read the data from packages in the repositories of the distributions
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> * Allow filtering of packages based on existing desktop files and
> categories
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> * Allow social features like comments & voting on the web site
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> * Also create a client for FR to search & install apps
(+) low prio
> 
> Did I miss something?
> 
> Anyone with the skills around willing to work on this? I'd say the one
> who has the skills can decide the technology, be it git+django or
> svn+php or whatever, 
- ... we don't need source file management here I think; let's use stuff available on gforge instead. Let's concentrate on presentation and information (not the development) ... 

> as long as it's possible for more than one people
> to contribute.
> 
> r
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:17 PM, David Reyes Samblas
> Martinez<david at tuxbrain.com> wrote:
> > 2009/8/21 Risto H. Kurppa <risto at kurppa.fi>:
> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Sebastian
> >> Krzyszkowiak<seba.dos1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> On 8/21/09, David Reyes Samblas Martinez <david at tuxbrain.com> wrote:
> >>>> Just an idea, why not use the bb file and source files as README,
> >>>> INSTALL, Changelog, and .desktop files if exist as source for this
> >>>> showroom?
> >>
> >>> ++ from me! Some way for browse repository (doesn't matter if from WWW
> >>> or from app on Neo, or even both at once) could be IMO the best
> >>> showroom. It won't be outdated, app authors won't have to package
> >>> their apps (as now they do, which is strange ;x).
> >>
> >> I agree, the point is to make it easy and appealing to find cool apps.
> >> But I wouldn't like to be able to see descriptions of all libraries
> >> but apps that one can use to do cool stuff.
> > the existance or not of desktop file can be used as filter to not
> > include libs/console apps if you don't want them, (maybe others are
> > searching for a lib and can be useful to include them)
> >>
> >> If it can be automated this far, it'd be great! Both WWW and app for
> >> Openmoko would be nice to have. And somehow - this again should be
> >> distro-undependant so that it can be easily adapted to work on
> >> openwrt, shr, om2009 - maybe even on Debian and Gentoo?!
> > I'm not familiar with the openwrt and Debian(There is a text file with
> > descriptions of the repo, isn't) it the Package system but if they
> > have a description field I don't know why it shoudn't be included, the
> > work will be to match all those sources of infomation and find a good
> > balance to show attractive/useful information ,
> >
> > A other idea regarding this is use a filter to show all, or just
> > one/few distros, and when entering the app description show on what
> > distribution  is included an in what version.
> >
> > Yes its no easy and maybe we must start easy with just one package
> > system (read SHR ;) ) and then move one adding more distros and
> > finding good ways to merge all this information to this showing room
> > system.
> >
> >>
> >> r
> >>
> >> --
> >> | risto h. kurppa
> >> | risto at kurppa dot fi
> >> | http://risto.kurppa.fi
> >>
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