On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:16 AM, Jasper St. Pierre <jstpie...@mecheye.net> wrote: > 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.
This is done. >> 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? Yes. >> 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 We used to do this, but people didn't hit the "Submit" button, even with a lot of prompting, so we removed the intermediate step. >> - 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? I'm working with the designers on a redesign that should make this process a lot more clear. >> ---------------- >> (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 -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
