Task:Downloads catalog improvements

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The main purpose of this wiki page is to gather ideas about how to improve [http://downloads.maemo.org/ Downloads].
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The main purpose of this wiki page is to gather ideas about how to improve the downloads catalog at maemo.org.
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== Category reorg ==
== Category reorg ==
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We had long discussions about what [[Task:Package_categories packages categories]] to use. Implementation and introduction  waits on [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1805 bug #1805] Current downloads catalog still shows a semi-randomly picked list of categories. It should be reorganized to use the official list of categories agreed by the community.
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We had long discussions about what [[Task:Package_categories|packages categories]] to use. Implementation and deployment is currently blocked by [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1805 bug #1805]. The current catalog still shows a mostly randomly-selected list of categories. It should be reorganized to use the official list of categories agreed on by the community.
Implications:
Implications:
* New categories need to be configured.
* New categories need to be configured.
* All applications in non-standard categories need to be moved to new categories.
* All applications in non-standard categories need to be moved to new categories.
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* Redirect urls need to be configured for category listings
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* Redirect URLs need to be configured for existing category listings.
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== OS200X vs Maemo X.X ==
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== OS200x vs Maemo x ==
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In the past Nokia referred to OS releases as OS2005, OS2006, Os2007 and OS2009. The use of OS200X has been deprecated. OS releases are now called Maemo 4.1 for example.
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In the past Nokia referred to OS releases OS2007, OS2008, etc. The use of OS200x has been deprecated in favor of Maemo x (e.g., Fremantle is Maemo 5). The catalog is currently organized by OS200x, this needs to be changed to the new versioning scheme.
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The catalog is currently organized by OS version. This should be changed to Maemo versions.
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Implications:
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* new icons for OS releases
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* New icons for OS releases.
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* urls need to change as OS version is used.
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* URLs need to change as OS version is used.
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* redirection needs to be configured for old urls.
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* Redirection needs to be configured for old URLs.
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* downloads statistics need to be updated for new names
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* Downloads statistics need to be updated for new names.
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== Automatically create entries in downloads catalog when package in Extras has user/* section ==
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At the moment not all applications which are available in Extras are listed in the downloads catalog. A script could gather basic information for all user applications in Extras and create entries in the catalog. These entries can later be updated by users to give more details about the application.
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== Automatically create entries in Downloads when package in Extras has user/* section ==
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At the moment not all applications which are available in Extras are listed in Downloads. A script could gather basic information for all user applications in Extras and create entries in the catalog. These entries can later be updated by users to give more details about the application.
== Add Application Manager install failures feedback to downloads ==
== Add Application Manager install failures feedback to downloads ==
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There is a plan to integrate [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1563 install status feedback] to the Application Manager. The downloads catalog could use the statistics to display the quality of the package.
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There is a plan to integrate [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1563 install status feedback] into the Application Manager. Downloads could use statistics from installation failures to display the "quality" of a package.

Revision as of 12:40, 16 January 2009

The main purpose of this wiki page is to gather ideas about how to improve Downloads.

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Category reorg

We had long discussions about what packages categories to use. Implementation and deployment is currently blocked by bug #1805. The current catalog still shows a mostly randomly-selected list of categories. It should be reorganized to use the official list of categories agreed on by the community.

Implications:

  • New categories need to be configured.
  • All applications in non-standard categories need to be moved to new categories.
  • Redirect URLs need to be configured for existing category listings.

OS200x vs Maemo x

In the past Nokia referred to OS releases OS2007, OS2008, etc. The use of OS200x has been deprecated in favor of Maemo x (e.g., Fremantle is Maemo 5). The catalog is currently organized by OS200x, this needs to be changed to the new versioning scheme.

Implications:

  • New icons for OS releases.
  • URLs need to change as OS version is used.
  • Redirection needs to be configured for old URLs.
  • Downloads statistics need to be updated for new names.

Automatically create entries in Downloads when package in Extras has user/* section

At the moment not all applications which are available in Extras are listed in Downloads. A script could gather basic information for all user applications in Extras and create entries in the catalog. These entries can later be updated by users to give more details about the application.

Add Application Manager install failures feedback to downloads

There is a plan to integrate install status feedback into the Application Manager. Downloads could use statistics from installation failures to display the "quality" of a package.