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g+770 at cobb

Nov 19, 2007, 7:41 AM

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Confused about Application Catalog

I went to update the Application Catalog entries for the GPE applications to
make them available for OS2008 and have ended up very confused. It looks as
though each application now has a completely separate page for each OS
version. Is that right?

I am sure that in the past we had a single page and we could add and remove
availability on different OS releases on the single page. But now when I
find a page for one of the apps and then click on Page/Edit the OS dropdown
box only contains one version. And the IT2006 and IT2007 pages for a single
app have different comments.

I notice that the IT2006 page for gpe-calendar seems to have been created on
6th November (although not by anyone in particular). At about the same time
that the revision histories all started filling up with crap (see bug #2327).

What I really want to know is how to update the pages so that they are
available for IT2008. Do I create a new page (even though the "unix name"
will be the same)?

This seems a retrograde step as it is useful to just have one page for
comments, one page to update if the app moves, etc. Was it announced here
and I missed it?

Graham
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dufkaf at seznam

Nov 19, 2007, 8:00 AM

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Re: Confused about Application Catalog [In reply to]

Graham Cobb wrote:
> Do I create a new page (even though the "unix name"
> will be the same)?

Yes. Not sure about unix name but it seems to work.

>
> This seems a retrograde step as it is useful to just have one page for
> comments, one page to update if the app moves, etc.

Exactly. I feel you pain too, see http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2121

I my case I even have exactly the same binary for all systems so making
3 pages for it is just pure annoyance.

Frantisek
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mike_morrison at alumni

Nov 19, 2007, 5:04 PM

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Re: Confused about Application Catalog [In reply to]

> This seems a retrograde step as it is useful to just have one page for
> comments, one page to update if the app moves, etc. Was it announced here
> and I missed it?

I have noticed quite a few issues with the new site as well. I was
going to wait for an official announcement before I started filing
bugs but maybe there isn't going to be one?

So, will there be something sent out or put up in the documentation
that explains the workings of this new site? Some questions off the
top of my head are:

What is a pearl? How does it get there?
Why does it say "10 votes" for an application, but I only see 4?
Why do some comments have a blank name?
Can you leave a comment for an application without voting for it?

Mike
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quim.gil at nokia

Nov 20, 2007, 5:11 AM

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Re: Confused about Application Catalog [In reply to]

Hi,

On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 17:04 -0800, ext Mike Morrison wrote:
> > This seems a retrograde step as it is useful to just have one page for
> > comments, one page to update if the app moves, etc. Was it announced here
> > and I missed it?

Not announced, nor secret either. I have tried to summarize the reason
why we are offering different catalogs per OS at
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2121 . In brief, we think the
move is appropriate even if there are some details to polish and make
life easier to developers and end users. Please let's continue there so
we can get into details and actions.

> I have noticed quite a few issues with the new site as well. I was
> going to wait for an official announcement before I started filing
> bugs but maybe there isn't going to be one?

I'm trying to write this official announcement since the new Downloads
site was released but for some reason there is something else happening
everyday. Please file bugs, some people have already done it and we are
answering relatively fast there.

> So, will there be something sent out or put up in the documentation
> that explains the workings of this new site? Some questions off the
> top of my head are:

We have tried to make a system simple enough not to need
documentation...

> What is a pearl? How does it get there?

A pearl is an application we decide to feature and promote for a while.
No strong rule, no mathematical principles. Just editorial and
subjective selection. See also
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11599

> Why does it say "10 votes" for an application, but I only see 4?
> Why do some comments have a blank name?

Can you post URLs so we can look at them?

> Can you leave a comment for an application without voting for it?

mmmm apparently not at the moment.

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Quim Gil - http://maemo.org

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