Re: [wgo] Products - product page

["Quim Gil" <qgil gnome org>]

On 3/5/07, Simone Deponti <shywolf9982 gmail com> wrote:
> > > TARGET (unique selection)
> > > User
> > > Sysadmin
> > > Developer
> >
> > This is still missing.
>
> Can't we use tags and a smart folder for that?

Of course.

You convinced with the argument below. We will do our best convincing
developers of the utility of GNOME Products and its DOAP feature.

> > After thinking again, the products we are going to feature there will
> > be supported by the last stable release, and this is probably all what
> > we want to say. Field not needed.
>
> Here I have to make a little digression. In the original view, the wgo
> products section was just a "marketing" section, not much more than a
> showcase. However, we are adding DOAP and many other things, and hence
> ending up with a tool that can do much more.
> I propose to use wgo products as both the central repository for much of the
> data needed for the projects (as it was in the original plan) and both an
> easy access to the user. This means that if a user needs to find GIMP for
> windows, he doesn't have to go to the gimp site, where in the download
> sections he is informed about the fact he has to visit another site, where
> he has to navigate to the download section that, jeezus.
>
> Compare that task with getting plone for windows.
> So I suggest the wgo products to contain:
> * Info about the project (what has been discussed above)
> * A releases folder with all the releases and the links to the files to
> download, already bundled and subdivided for platform, much like it is in
> http://plone.org/products/plone
>
> This has the benefit of creating a sort of central info repository (that
> uses doap to export data for non-humans) that all the other sites can
> "leech" and use as certified source.
>
> Hope the concept was clear, because my mind is not... I need sleep.
>
> Goodnight all
>
> --
> Simone Deponti
> -------------------------------------------
> - Oh wait, which ones are we Linux guys again, Rebels or Empire?
> - Microsoft is the Empire. Apple is the Rebels. We are the Ewoks.


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