[Mageia-discuss] Introducing mageia-app-db

Fri Nov 5 10:21:51 CET 2010

+Le jeudi 4 novembre 2010 23:21:51, Frederic Janssens a écrit :
+> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 22:38, Samuel Verschelde <stormi at laposte.net> wrote:
+> 
+> > Le jeudi 4 novembre 2010 02:00:22, Frederic Janssens a écrit :
+> > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 23:27, Samuel Verschelde <stormi at laposte.net>
+> > wrote:
+> > >
+> > > > I tried to explain this project there :
+> > > > http://mageiacauldron.tuxfamily.org/MageiaAppDb
+> > > >
+> > > > The more I look at the project, the more I like it.
+> > >
+> > > A comment on one aspect : as it would become the preferred interface to
+> > > inquire about the state of an app/package, I think the interface (and
+> > link
+> > > to bugzilla) for bug reporting will be crucial for the transition from
+> > > passive to active users.
+> > >
+> > > I will help with testing, perhaps more.
+> > >
+> >
+> > Thanks. You help will be welcome. I also think that information must flow
+> > between bugzilla and mageia-app-db as much as possible, we'll see how this
+> > is possible. Maybe this is a part of the project you could investigate ?
+> >
+> > Yes.
+> I'm not very familiar with bugzilla, but I'm looking into it.
+> 
+> Another aspect I have been thinking about is to have, per package/app, a
+> page giving a synthetic view :
+> 
+> lines = versions of the app (reverse chrolonogy)
+> columns = versions of Mageia (and cauldron)
+>         with rpm availability, updates, backports (actual, or requests)
+>         and simple visual representation of stats : usage, "satisfaction",
+>         "open bugs"  ... (with link to details)
+> 
+
+Sounds great. I had something similar in mind. Do you think you could try to design this page's layout and content (on paper, in oodraw, or any other tool), so that we can visualize the needed features ?
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