Re: [Gnewsense-dev] How can I help?

[Sam Geeraerts]

Stayvoid wrote:
> "It doesn't:
> * build binary packages from source;
> * patch (and rebuild) on the fly (like gNewSense's Builder);
> * create installer images." [1]
>
> Why didn't you implement these features? What did you mean by "on the
> fly"? What did you mean by "installer images"?

Building can take a long time, needs resources and sometimes fails. That 
holds up updates that could have just passed otherwise (unmodified 
packages from Debian). It could be implemented to do the building in 
separate processes and on separate machines, but that adds a lot of 
complexity. I mostly wanted this tool so I could express relationships 
between suites and between suites and upstreams.

> > Those were redone last year.
> The design looks outdated. That green thing is not necessary. Those
> icons near the links are not necessary. There are some UX-problems
> too.
> Have a look at http://www.debian.org/
> We need something similar. Something clean and simple.

Our website is all done in MoinMoin, so should rather compare to their 
wiki. I'm not sure what you mean by "that green thing" (e.g. bar on top, 
side bar, ...)?

> I'm not sure about the way you write the distro's name. Lower-case g
> irritates my eyes. It will be better to write it this way:
> "Gnewsense." (It's not that hard to read. There is no need to use
> upper-case for this purpose.)

It's always been "gNewSense".

> The logo is not perfect too. I like the concept, but the
> implementation is not good enough.

You should look at the logo for Parkes [1] instead of the current logo.

> > We could use more promotional material, though.
> Any ideas?

This [3] is what we have now. We'll at least want some stuff with the 
new logo when we get closer to a release.

> > All other parts of the wiki are free to edit/translate by registered users.
> Is it really necessary to use FirstnameLastname as a login? [2]

No, that's a MoinMoin suggestion.

> IMO it'll be a good idea to make it available for unregistered users
> too. It worked for Wikipedia.

I'd like to, but we already have a spam problem. I don't want to make it 
worse.

[1] http://wiki.debian.org/
[2] http://www.gnewsense.org/ArtworkProjects/Parkes
[3] http://www.gnewsense.org/ArtworkProjects/PromotionalArtwork