Re: maemo.org website clarity & organization
 

Hi rotoflex,

I agree. This is a really good first opportunity to make changes in the wiki! I have taken a couple of your suggestions into account already, and modified the pages appropriately (I hope).

A "blocker" is "a bug which blocks the package from being promoted to Extras" - as such, only serious problems should block packages. These problems should cover filesystem corruption & systemic overuse, excessive power consumption in normal operation, legal issues, lack of a community reporting mechanism, and any non-edge-case crasher bugs.

I personally disagree with the "blocker" list on 2 points: not all crashers or incomplete features should be blockers, IMHO - if an application crashes when some unusual set of circumstances happens, then it should still get promoted; and I don't think we should be policing "missing announced features".

So if you would like to update the lead-in paragraph to elaborate on what is meant by a blocker, then I would be delighted! Just log in, click on the edit link beside the paragraph, and update. Everything is version controlled, so you have a safety net to roll back if you are unhappy with the result.

Good luck!
Dave.

Re: maemo.org website clarity & organization
 

Hi,

Here to help :) (although as you can tell, I don't keep abreast of the forum very often).

First stop: our getting started in the wiki page, linked to whenever you edit a page: http://wiki.maemo.org/Contributing_to_the_wiki

You have a simple but multi-step process to follow to get on the first step:

1. You need a Garage account first
2. Then on the wiki, click on "Log in/register"
3. Enter your username & password from Garage
4. Go to the page you want to edit
5. Either click on the "Edit" link beside a section heading you want to edit, or click on the "Edit" item in the "Views" section on the right-hand side menu
6. Now simply update the content you want to update in the edit pane (here's a very simple overview of wiki page editing)

You can also edit the wiki anonymously, if you know how to do simple additions.

I hope this helps you get started!

Cheers,
Dave.

Re: maemo.org website clarity & organization
 

Of course, there's a difference between clarifying language/fixing typos and changing the meaning of the QA criteria used for testing apps. One of them can be done by anybody, the other requires consensus.

Re: maemo.org website clarity & organization
 

... or, at least, discussion (concensus is a bit harder to achieve).

Agreed. Just pointing out that I don't agree with all the things we consider blockers (and am on the record as saying that the extras-testing process places too much of a burden on app developers & packagers).

Just my opinion, of course.

Dave.