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I couldn't agree more that we should start maemo distro that actually has packagers who put the applications (and themes) to extras (in addition to still allowing 3rd parties to put stuff in there). Packagers could also be dragging in stuff from debian on routine basis.
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2008-09-09
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Originally Posted by benny1967
Envy the country that has heroes! I say pity the country that needs them... or buy an iphone.
You think I complain because I don't get what I want the way I want it?
What a weird way of thinking ...
Brilliant idea. This will make for a great user experience...
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2008-09-09
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I'll re-affirm some of what has been said. As a user, I've hated not at least having a ".install" file for packages, but as a developer I can understand with not being able to get a working scratchbox environment (been a Linux user for 10+ years, exclusive for 6+), trying to satisfy desktop(me)/770(me)/8x0 (everyone else) and getting annoyed at the documentation across all of these, being unfamiliar with making packages, and being unfamiliar/lazy with the processes (keys/signing process).
I like the idea of packaging teams and adding to it a standard way to request help with packaging and possibly other areas.
Maybe I'll give the vmware images another try ...
I like the idea of packaging teams and adding to it a standard way to request help with packaging and possibly other areas.
Maybe I'll give the vmware images another try ...
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2008-09-09
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Originally Posted by benny1967
Hello Benny,
You think I complain because I don't get what I want the way I want it?
What a weird way of thinking ...
Brilliant idea. This will make for a great user experience...
This is why it is a community effort!
Nokia provides a fixed amount of applications for the tablet. These are tested well and are documented. There are some 3rd party applications as well from partners, but thats it.
The rest is all 'best effort' by the community. Sure, you can provide criticism, but at some point you also have your own responsibility since you are part of the community.
Apple won't provide support on their AppStore candy either, and those applications are both proprietary and commercial (Bill Gates style).
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2008-09-09
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Originally Posted by tso
Good article indeed!
how about turning the app manager into more of a "app market"?
can debs support screenshots? as in, have a tab alongside the description that shows a image of the app in use?
one would be surprised about the number of people that select apps based on looks rather then description...
but all in all, i highly applaud that ui article
A .deb does not support this, but it could be added 3rd party in the Application Manager which downloads them from a repository which can be linked to/from the maemo project pages.
At first I'd think of a thumbnail which after being clicked on, pops up. Problem is, such a bigger resolution picture costs some storage space.
The concept is good though. Remember most people are visual, they'd love to see what they're going to use before installation. This is why screenshots are important for many people.
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2008-09-09
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In an ideal world, the application manager woud fetch some screenshots plus a localized description (many people simply do not speak english and don't know what the software does from the original description) from a place on the web, based on package name.
The same place on the web would be accessible via web browser as HTML, optimized for the tablet, with additional features (rating, comments, links to project homepage, FAQs, ...)
However, as it is now, packages aren't even in extras. How much more work will it be to add screenshots, translate descriptions, ....?
PS: I love GAs tree view idea for the application manager. I want to have this today!
The same place on the web would be accessible via web browser as HTML, optimized for the tablet, with additional features (rating, comments, links to project homepage, FAQs, ...)
However, as it is now, packages aren't even in extras. How much more work will it be to add screenshots, translate descriptions, ....?
PS: I love GAs tree view idea for the application manager. I want to have this today!
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2008-09-09
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For those wanting a quick start scratchbox virtual machine environment, see http://maemovmware.garage.maemo.org/
Frank
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2008-09-09
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Originally Posted by Frank Banul
This is nice. Since today this software is supporting Diablo!
For those wanting a quick start scratchbox virtual machine environment, see http://maemovmware.garage.maemo.org/
Frank
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2008-09-09
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Originally Posted by jolouis
I'd really be interested (interested as in "I want to know how it works" rather than in "I want to get it done", but the result could be the same).
Okay, so who wants to step up and give me a hand getting the USB LAN package up into the extras repo?
I've got the deb packaged already, but I don't have a scratchbox setup installed and really do not have time to go through all the trouble of getting one up and running. The deb is all setup, works just fine, the only catch right now is that it needs to be in the extras repo in order to properly pull in a dependency, but it should probably be there anyways. So, volunteers to help out on this one? Any technical problems with the package/etc I'll handle, but I would greatly appreciate somebody to take control of the actual uploads and all the "politics" related to Maemo....
As I said before, scratchbox is set up (that was the easiest part, those scripts do it all). I also started reading the 2 documents GA suggested:
I still feel very uneasy about this; from what I understand, there should be a source package for extras so they can build it vor various versions of the OS. Right? So if there is a real source package, I'd need to try it in my scratchbox environment and then go through the administrative process (which seems like an easy "follow the yellow brick road", except that I might not be granted access because I stated here in public that I have no idea what I'm doing). Fine.
One more thing: these are kernel modules, not just some userspace software. Do they work the way 'extras' is intended at all? You know, they have the source and a new OS-release will trigger a re-compilation... will they still work with a different (=unknown future) kernel version?
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2008-09-09
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Originally Posted by benny1967
m-vo is interested in getting a community branch of h-a-m going to act as a testbed for interesting features. If anybody wants to step up and get behind this initiative, Nokia is certainly willing to be involved.
PS: I love GAs tree view idea for the application manager. I want to have this today!
