A PackageKit browser plugin

Andrew Farris lordmorgul at gmail.com
Fri Jul 25 17:28:09 UTC 2008


Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 00:44 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> 
>> Focusing an interface strickly for users...doesn't help us inteact
>> with users in a way that actually matters. Users talking among
>> themselves does not lead to better package quality nor additional
>> contributor manpower.
> 
> This is not an effort to improve package quality or gain new
> contributors. This is an effort to make life of users better. It is not 
> about packages, but about applications. Is it really so hard to see that
> the use cases and requirements for this are totally different from the
> pkgdb ?

Jeff's point however, is that one web application can, and should, easily 
accommodate those goals while still exposing a completely different interface to 
the contributors.  Perhaps the argument should be made that no matter where the 
'comment database' ends up it... the pkdb interface should be able to show those 
same comments to the contributors.

If a 'different website' is used for the general user to view/rate/install 
applications that probably works just fine, as long as the contributors do not 
have to then go find that source of feedback separately.  The comments and 
ratings given on that website could just as easily be accessed/viewed from the 
pkdb for contributors as well.

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