Re: Adding about page to git.gnome.org repositories

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl> wrote:
...
> I've currently made two (unannounced except r-t; also not fully ready
> yet!) changes:
...
> 4   Automatic "about" page:
>     - Based on the DOAP file
>       description, mailing lists, bugzilla link, weblinks, developer
>       names (no email, for that there's bugzilla), screenshots,
>       programming languages it is written in
>     - Maybe only if enough interesting fields are in the doap file
>     - Eventually auto link to latest tarball releases
>       so tarball release needs to trigger a recreation of the about page
...

This all sounds awesome.

> #4 might totally replicate the things in the Wiki. Further, I have no
> idea how to nicely show this. Especially once automated. Thoughts?

I think the key question is whether we want a separate page or
web-site that lists our modules (by moduleset). We previously had
projects.gnome.org, and that was retired because it didn't get a huge
amount of attention, and because our own focus tends to be on the
wiki.

Thinking in terms of objectives, my personal priority for us as a
project is to have a clearly identified moduleset listing that our
contributors are exposed to. Another issue with a dedicated page or
site that lists projects is that it would likely be separate from the
regular workflows of contributors. One of the issues with
projects.gnome.org was that people didn't use it a huge amount - since
we're mostly on the wiki, Bugzilla or git.gnome.org anyway.

So, my suggestion would be to:

1. Ensure that Bugzilla and git.gnome.org are sorted according to the
modulesets - so that contributors are exposed to the modulesets within
their typical workflows, and to avoid creating yet another website.

2. Use this data in the various development websites, so they are more
interconnected. Each of the product pages in Bugzilla points to the
relevant git module, but it doesn't link to mailing lists. Likewise,
the summary page for each module on git.gnome.org could have outgoing
links to Bugzilla product pages, mailing lists, or wiki pages.

Allan