I agree that we are in a different place then when our concept was made, I love the idea of pulling in new people to contribute to the community.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016, 8:16 AM Clive Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > ah I was unaware this was a policy. > > The discussion was about how to engage more with our users and to try and > get > more people to contribute. It was pointed out how Linux Mint do it and it > might be a factor in how they seem to be very successful at creating and > sustaining a community (#1 on http://distrowatch.com/) . > > I do feel that Kubuntu is in a different place now to when the policy was > originally drawn up, but I'm not going to waste time on something no-one > wants. > > Thanks for your feedback, > Clive > > On Thursday, 10 November 2016 01:53:04 GMT Scott Kitterman wrote: > > On Wednesday, November 09, 2016 08:27:23 PM Valorie Zimmerman wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Clay Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thursday, November 10, 2016 2:00:48 AM EST Clive Johnston wrote: > > > >> There was some discussion at the end of Yakkety Yak, about maybe > > > >> following > > > >> the lead of Linux Mint and having a welcome screen on first run > which > > > >> would > > > >> act as a signpost to resources and places to get help or how to > > > >> contribute. I personally like this idea and decided to look into > it. > > > >> > > > >> I grabbing the code and hacked a bit to basically make it more > Kubuntu > > > >> branded and pointing to our resources. So this is were I am up to. > > > >> > > > >> https://s16.postimg.org/jngn4afb9/Kubuntu_Welcome.png > > > >> > > > >> What do you guys think? Do you like the idea? > > > >> > > > >> Clive > > > > > > > > Kubuntu has historically refrained from having these pop up and > > > > first-run > > > > items, and I do not see a reason to change from this policy. > > > > > > > > However, having content that appears in the default Folder View > plasma > > > > widget would be a perfect place for this. > > > > > > > > If this sort of item is ever to be added, then really is should be > > > > written > > > > in qml :) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Clay Weber > > > > > > Hi Clay, I don't recall discussion of providing something like this, > > > in the past. Can you recall when it was discussed, and why it was > > > decided against? > > > > > > In my opinion, the past is one data point. I'd like to see reasons for > > > and against. I see: > > > > > > Pro - increases our branding, points to help and also to ways to grow > > > the community > > > > > > Con - it is one more thing we need to maintain > > > > Jonathan was extremely anti first-run dialogues since I got involved in > the > > project. You all are, of course, free to change it, but AFAIK, Kubuntu > has > > been no first-run since ~the beginning. Personally, I've always liked > that. > > > > Scott K > > > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > -- Aaron Honeycutt - Ubuntu Fl Loco South Lead - Kubuntu Council Member
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