On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:41:49PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote:
>
> Sorry, I think I misunderstood the thread, I thought you wanted to
> redesign the current web views of Debian packages so that it is somehow
> more trendy/modern, but I now realised you only want to find it a
> trendier/more modern n
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:02:17PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > There is already a name: "AppStream". It comes with code and standards:
> > http://distributions.freedesktop.org/wiki/AppStream
> >
> > It's as good as any other, and I don't see the need to invent another
> > one.
>
> I did not
On 11-04-15 at 12:10pm, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:49:14AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > To google" only means "to search the web using one specific service
> > which happens to be very popular". Just as (at least in Denmark)
> > non-geeks since long use the term "Wor
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:49:14AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> To google" only means "to search the web using one specific service
> which happens to be very popular". Just as (at least in Denmark)
> non-geeks since long use the term "Word" to mean "word processor" even
> though it only me
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 09:10:47AM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote:
> I tried to post about it yesterday, but it doesn't seem to have been
> noticed: http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2011/04/msg00054.html
I perfectly noticed your posting and I completely agree with your point
that it should be list
On 11-04-15 at 08:56am, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 08:14:47AM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> > And what is wrong with just plain "Applications"? I think the whole
> > "app store" thing is blown out of proportion by the marketing teams
> > of a few companies, we do not need
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 08:56:46AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> was intended (and even if I do not like it personally - it is real). So
> why not using the name "app store" for a large set of applications where
> you can cherry pick from?
I tried to post about it yesterday, but it doesn't seem
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 08:14:47AM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> And what is wrong with just plain "Applications"?
> I think the whole "app
> store" thing is blown out of proportion by the marketing teams of a few
> companies, we do not need to join he hype on this.
I'm personally against hy
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:06:33AM +0200, Jérôme wrote:
> Small Apple "Apps" provide 1 contents and not 1 task, this is redundant
> programming ( a browser for parents, a browser for children, a browser
> for cat...). It's like ou must use vim for editing scripts emacs for
> editing configs and ged
On Thursday 14 April 2011 23.37:16 Steffen Möller wrote:
> On 04/14/2011 11:28 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 09:54:40AM -0700, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> >> I think a case could be made for Debian's apt system being the
> >> original "app store"
> >
> > Yes. That's what I want
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Steffen Möller wrote:
> >And because there was a mail about not accepting the term app store
> >because repository is such a good name: I have no idea whether
> [...]
> How about "Free App Store" ? The double meaning of "Free"
So far I think this was be the best in terms of
Charles Plessy writes:
> I agree with Andreas. After saying “repository” three times I have
> muscle pain in my mouth.
Yes. It's a fine term for precision among fellow geeks, but it's a poor
name for getting recognition by newcomers.
> So our packages are not an application store because we do
Le Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:28:44PM +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit :
>
> And because there was a mail about not accepting the term app store
> because repository is such a good name: I have no idea whether
> repository is such a good name for native speakers. For non native
> speakers it is not.
H
Le jeudi 14 avril 2011 à 09:54 -0700, Noah Meyerhans a écrit :
> It's funny that you'd say that, because traditionally the Unix
> approach has been to use many small, task-specific "apps", not one big
> monolithic system.
Yes but no （￣～￣;）ウーン・・・
Unix app do 1 task or 1 job useful for any applica
On 04/14/2011 11:28 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 09:54:40AM -0700, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
I think a case could be made for Debian's apt system being the original
"app store"
Yes. That's what I wanted to say in my previous mail!
And because there was a mail about not accept
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 09:54:40AM -0700, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> I think a case could be made for Debian's apt system being the original
> "app store"
Yes. That's what I wanted to say in my previous mail!
And because there was a mail about not accepting the term app store
because repository is
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 04:11:44PM +0200, Jérôme wrote:
> Why using 100 apps for doing something that 1 browser can doing ? "App
> store" is lineal heir to french "3615 Minitel".
It's funny that you'd say that, because traditionally the Unix approach
has been to use many small, task-specific "apps
Le jeudi 14 avril 2011 à 09:12 +0200, Klistvud a écrit :
> The term "app store" is extremely well established and quite
> univocally defines a store where apps are *sold*. Using the
> term, or any subvariant of the term, is IMHO just bound to rise
> eyebrows and confuse newbies.
>
> Non-newbies
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 05:47:18PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> My proposal (which is orthogonal) is linking to applications, just to show
> that Debian is not just an operating system as defined on our title page
> ("set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.")
It se
Dne, 13. 04. 2011 14:56:31 je Yaroslav Halchenko napisal(a):
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > My proposal (which is orthogonal) is linking to applications,
just to show
> > that Debian is not just an operating system as defined on our
title page
> > ("set of basic programs and ut
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 07:22:36AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> We might justify this on the basis that “store” doesn't necessarily mean
> a place where you buy things, only a place where things are stored for
> later use; e.g. a farm's grain store or a hospital's medicine store.
Ahh ...
> Peop
Yaroslav Halchenko writes:
> On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > I recently wondered if we should use the (buzz word) "application
> > store". I do not really like buzz words but we are de facto what
> > people understand behind this word. I have no idea if we might be
> > able to do be
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > My proposal (which is orthogonal) is linking to applications, just to show
> > that Debian is not just an operating system as defined on our title page
> > ("set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.")
> I recently wondered if w
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 05:47:18PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote:
> Yodel!
DiDu!
> ...
>
> Linking to blends and/or subprojects would be addressing target groups,
> which would probably be useful.
I do really like this suggestion!
> My proposal (which is orthogonal) is link
Yodel!
(I'm obviously picking up on the discussion sparked by the Med@Tel report/
blends on the main page thread)
I had a quick look at the kde.org and gnome.org pages. I think the "blends
on main page" is a sub-topic of "what can you do after you've installed
Debian."
On both the gnome.org a
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