On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:13 AM, Amy C <mathematical.cof...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just taken the leap of submitting a few extensions to > extensions.gnome.org (gulp!). > > In the mean time, I found that I had omitted a line from one of them. > I thought I'd visit the review page for the extension on e.g.o and > either see if there was an option to upload a better version, or at > the very least I'd add a comment saying "there's one line missing, it > goes there" etc so that the reviewer doesn't waste time > reviewing/rejecting the extension for the one line I know I've missed. > > However, I cannot seem to find the review page for the extensions I > submitted, or indeed any indication at all that the submit succeeded! > > This is probably only an issue when first uploading an extension, > before the extension gets its own official page in e.g.o. > > So I'd like to ask/recommend the following: > - author gets sent an automated email upon extension uploading saying > "Yes, we received your extension. Its review page is <insert link > here> and it will be reviewed in time. You will be emailed the results > ... <etc>". > At least that way I can find my way back to the review page to leave > a comment if need be, or adjust the description.
We already send email to reviewers. I could submit it to the extension author as well. > - when I look at my profile, it has "mathematical.coffee has > authored:" and nothing else. This makes me confused - I have submitted > 3 extensions, all of which are still in review, and none have shown > up. I assume the "authored" list means "has submitted, been reviewed, > and approved"? Yes. In that case, could there be a bit in the profile > (visible to just the user) saying "you have the following extensions > under review: " with a link to the review page so that I can find it? I can do that, yes. > It is possible that the above two are already implemented, in which > case it appears that I didn't upload my extensions properly. > In this case, I'm not sure how it's done - I uploaded the zip file and > got to the preview page where you get to modify the text/screenshot if > you like. > However I was unsure what to do next - is that it? I can just leave > that page and assume everything's been submitted? I find that this > page does not make clear that you're finished. > Could it either: > - have a 'submit' button saying "yes I'm happy with the current > screenshot/description/title, please submit this for review", OR > - a line of text saying "all your changes are automatically saved, > when you're happy you can leave this page (and here's a link to the > extension's review page for future reference)" -- just for silly > people like me who are new to the whole process? > > ---------------- > (If you are wondering, the extensions I submitted were: > * Maximus -- like Ubuntu's maximus. Automatically undecorates > maximised windows. (This is the one with a missing line). > * Status Area Horizontal Spacing -- reduces padding between objects in > the status area > * Window Options -- adds 'minimize', 'maximize', 'always on top', > 'always on visible workspace' etc options to the app drop-down menu in > the top panel. > > Also, for the past few weeks I have been pestering this list about > various things to do with toons and xpenguins - I'm happy to announce > that my port of xpenguin to a gnome-shell-extension is sort-of ready > to go! > It lives here (the .zip file on the Downloads page): > https://bitbucket.org/mathematicalcoffee/xpenguins-gnome-shell-extension > At the moment it's just the gnome 3.4 version that works properly - > I'll also upload a .zip for the gnome 3.2 version tomorrow when I can > test the merge. > > Still work to done and nowhere ready for e.g.o, but as far as I've > tested so far it runs properly! (patches & suggestions welcome of > course...) > Thanks to all the people who responded to my emails about this > (particularly Jasper who seemed to answer most of the annoying > questions). > As buggy as it may be, I'm really proud of this effort and I've > definitely learned a lot in programming it :) > ) > > cheers! > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
