On Friday 12 April 2024 14:35:10 CEST Adam Szopa wrote: > Hi, > > I'm happy to help. Looks like you have a phabricator ticket, would a > dedicated board make more sense to track this? It would add granularity > to the tasks, instead of having a one huge checklist in a single task.
Sure. Please make the changes you see fit so it is more workable. > This sounds like something well aligned with one of the previous KDE > Goals, "All about the Apps". Perhaps we can use it's matrix channel > (https://matrix.to/#/#kde-all-about-apps:kde.org) to coordinate and find > more people to help with this? Sounds good too. Cheers Paul > > > - Adam > > W dniu 11.04.2024 o 21:36, Paul Brown pisze: > > On Thursday 11 April 2024 20:38:19 CEST Andy B wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 9:32 AM Paul Brown <paul.br...@kde.org> wrote: > >>> On Thursday 11 April 2024 14:44:00 CEST Andy B wrote: > >>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 7:15 AM Paul Brown <paul.br...@kde.org> wrote: > >>>>> Dear Fellow Community Members, > >>>>> > >>>>> FlatHub is changing how it will display apps on its site and has > >>>>> issued > >>>>> guidelines to help project maintainers adapt the look and descriptions > >>> > >>> of > >>> > >>>>> their apps to FlatHub's new design and layout: > >>> https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/metainfo-guidelines/qualit > >>> y-> > >>>> > >>>> guidelines/ > >>>> > >>>>> Not that these are **guidelines**, not **rules**. Apps that do not > >>> > >>> adapt > >>> > >>>>> will > >>>>> not be removed or penalised, except they may just not show up on the > >>> > >>> front > >>> > >>>>> page, as they would not fit in the aesthetic FlatHub is looking for. > >>>>> > >>>>> We have started a task here: > >>>>> > >>>>> https://phabricator.kde.org/T17275 > >>>>> > >>>>> and we are calling on app maintainers and any other contributor with a > >>>>> developer account to help us update apps distributed via FlatHub. > >>>>> > >>>>> If you would like to lend a hand, subscribe to the task, read the > >>> > >>> report > >>> > >>>>> for > >>>>> each app supplied by FlatHub, and help us bring them up to date. > >>>> > >>>> Thank you for making us aware of this change. I wanted to ask that we > >>> > >>> work > >>> > >>>> closely together with the VDG designers to help in this process. If you > >>>> can't get the original authors or app maintainers in the work, or even > >>>> if > >>>> you do, we can help adapt the icons to the standards required when it > >>> > >>> comes > >>> > >>>> to graphics. > >>> > >>> That would be great! What do you suggest? What other ML do you think we > >>> should > >>> crosspost this to? Maybe you can post and coordinate things in the VDG > >>> Matrix/ > >>> Telegram channels. > >>> > >>> Also please feel free to add stuff to the task. Maybe add VDG-specific > >>> tasks to > >>> the TODO list so we can all keep track. > >> > >> Probably like this: > >> > >> 1. We want to understand if any of our Flathub apps are already in > >> compliance vs others that are not. We focus on the ones that need fixing. > > > > We got a very comprehensive list of problems on the task, but here it is > > as > > well: > > > > https://carlschwan.eu/appdata/ > > > >> 2. Check with a maintainer or person responsible for the app to see how > >> they could meet the criteria. > >> 3. Determine who will do the work, if needed > > > > We have a list of (very basic) TODOs on the task. Anybody can come in, do > > one or two, and then move out. Most of the TODOs require changing a line > > or two in a text file. Very junior-job like stuff. > > > > Agreed that for more complex jobs, like re-designing icons and stuff, > > would > > require more planning. > > > >> 4. Work with the VDG when all other steps are not possible > >> > >> I realize this is a bit of a project, would Adam Szopa be available to > >> coordinate some of this? > > > > Added to CC. Let's see what he can tell us. And Ingo? He's the app store > > engineer person. Surely this would be in his field of expertise. > > > > Cheers > > > > Paul -- Promotion & Communication www: https://kde.org Mastodon: https://floss.social/@kde Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdecommunity LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kde