On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:59:51PM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
> If we really use that scheme, there would be no need to declare an extra
> header -- the location of the file can be calculated by the package manager
> using the name of the package and the version number.
Agreed. I just wanted to make the point that we'd need to allow for
multiple versions of screenshots which I'd not seen mentioned.
> I personally find useless to have a single screenshot: what can you really
> understand about the look and feel of a program by looking at a single
> screenshot?
For some things yes, for other things no. I like your idea of
an XML/description file containing links to the images and the
versions to which they apply a lot though.
That also gives a nice canonical location:
http://screenshots.debian.net/package-name.xml
If going down the XML route then I see no real reason to have
a distinct file per version. Instead have something like:
<package>
<version name="1.2.3debian1">
.. images
</version>
<version name="1.2.3etch1">
</version>
</package>
(Or in some other valid way - my XML is weak.)
That would allow a person to see all screenshots of available versions
in one go, or just those specific to the users distribution
(sid/etch/whatever).
Steve
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