Hi all, Recently wiki editor Kukide, changed DistributionBos template. It was on wiki also, thus i assume i can quote his email to me:
> Hi, I change your templates > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Template:DistributionBox and rewrite on > all back-links. > I make some new templates for this page: > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Distributions In the future if some > distribution start work on new hardware, it will be easy change in > template for this distribution and it will change on all places in > wiki. :) > > And I thing in the future distributions will work on more hardware and > it will be helpful split information about "other" device. This is a > possible on this page: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Template:Works > > I hope it will be useful. > > Kukide Today i started to add some entries to Community Updates. One of them was SHR-Testing branch. I have 2 considerations about this: 1) It appeared, that after Kukide's modifications you have to add new sub-template for each new distribution, describing hardware it works on. In my opinion it is a flaw. Kukide kindly made template for SHR and few other distros, but didn't make new one for SHR-Testing. This scenario will repeat for future distributions and generates additional work for wiki editors. 2) It also appeared, that using sub-templates we loose all history of what distro's versions were working on what hardware. Example: if you modify template for lets say QtMoko v123, by adding new hardware (lets consider that QtMoko V123 works on PS3) it will appear in all previous Community Updates, that all previous versions of QtMoko starting from V1, V2,... also are working on PS3... which is not true. This is a flaw also IMHO. Conclusions: I think we should revert these changes and use old DistributionBox template. Of course keeping in mind freedom in all aspects I am asking all of you, what is your opinion (especially you Kukide) before reverting those changes. -- Patryk "LeadMan" Benderz Linux Registered User #377521 () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments Email secured by Check Point _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community