On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 17:40, Felipe Crochik <fel...@crochik.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to find out how many times each application was downloaded > from extras-devel? It would be a valuable tool to help access if the > applications are being used (and/or are useful) and decide on how to > invest on each one.
Not sure - there is once you get to Extras; click "Download Statistics" on the http://maemo.org/downloads/ page. > For one application to move out of testing it has to get votes and good > karma, right? For an application to move out of Extras-testing it has: * To spend at least 10 days in Extras-testing * Receive 10 thumbs up * Have the maintainer click the "Promote package" button. > For someone to vote they have had to install the application > from the extras-devel already and because of this don’t exactly have > any major motivation/urgency to want to push the application to > move to extras. For someone to vote they have to (or rather, should) install the application from Extras-testing. They should then compare the application against the QA rules and vote accordingly: http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing/QA_Checklist The motivation for the tester is: * Altruism - more good apps get to people who aren't willing to test. * Karma - rating apps and leaving comments earns karma which has, in the past, translated to discounted devices and sponsored travel & accommodation to the summit. * Early access - they get to use apps which may not be ready for the masses. However, it's not all positives - they really take on two other facts: * Stability - it's a testing repo. Things may break. Things may break horribly. * Voting - it's effectively a covenant that if you're using Extras-testing you're saying you're willing to test & vote. > On the top of that it is not very obvious, at least wasn’t for me, how to > vote – especially because once you get the page you don’t see the vote > button until you login. Specific suggestions for improving the UI are always welcome. X-Fade's admitted he's not a web designer. CSS, HTML or even mockups of improved UIs are VERY welcome. > I assume, as it is, we mostly depend on other developers to test > and vote for the applications on testing or is there any other > driving force? There is a Testing Squad of volunteers, and a subset of those are shortly to become Super-Testers who can, after a longer time period, move the package over the threshold with a smaller number of "super" votes. http://wiki.maemo.org/Testing_Squad Hope that helps, Andrew -- Andrew Flegg -- mailto:and...@bleb.org | http://www.bleb.org/ Maemo Community Council chair _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
