Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org
Johannes Schmid wrote at 06:28 (EDT) on Monday: > As all the applications involved are GPL'd any addons need to follow > the GPL, too so I don't see a problem here that would require any > special treatment.(IANAL). IANAL either, but I believe that is quite correct. Plugins to GPL'd programs would have to be GPL'd as well. -- -- bkuhn ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org
El dt 10 de 08 de 2010 a les 09:43 -0400, en/na Jose Aliste va escriure: > Hi, > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Johannes Schmid wrote: > > Hi! > > > >> So to stress things, the site should clearly state that the plugins > >> are property of their developers and that problems should go to them > >> (as the addons.mozilla.org does) Of course we could also showcase > >> GNOME-"blessed" plugins with some logo of Gnome. For me "blessed"w > >> would mean are to be defined as maintained in a repository in the > >> gnome git server. > > > > Wouldn't it be better to restrict us to high quality plugins in the first > > place? So, basically, getting accepted on addons.gnome.org would mean to > > deliver quality code, translation and documentation. > > > > We could have some kind of "staging" area of course but I would want this > > area to be disabled by default, with a clear "You have been warned"-sign > > attached to it. > I totally agree with you. However, who would be responsible to review > a plugin outside the staging area? Let's first focus on what we need to create a first prototype version of it, link somehow with libpeas [1] and then we can start adding staging areas and flowers and rainbows. I mean, obviously that there are lot of things to work out, but it would get more interest from developers and users if there's something to play with. For example we can start allowing only themes (for gnome-appearance capplet and gedit color styles) and backgrounds (again for gnome-appearance capplet). Then after this works successfully we can add snippets for Anjuta, plugins for EOG, GNOME Shell and gedit and so on. My 5 cents, Cheers, [1] http://git.gnome.org/browse/libpeas > > > > Remember that we aren't a company that needs to promote its appstore by > > having lots of stuff there and we can concentrate on quality. See [1] > > related to that. > This was never in my mind ;) I am not an apple fan :). I am a Gnome fan. > > Greetings > > José > > > > > > Regards, > > Johannes > > > > [1] http://www.mobileuserexperience.com/?p=896 > > > > > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list -- gil forcada [ca] guifi.net - una xarxa lliure que no para de créixer [en] guifi.net - a non-stopping free network bloc: http://gil.badall.net ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org
Hi, On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Johannes Schmid wrote: > Hi! > >> So to stress things, the site should clearly state that the plugins >> are property of their developers and that problems should go to them >> (as the addons.mozilla.org does) Of course we could also showcase >> GNOME-"blessed" plugins with some logo of Gnome. For me "blessed"w >> would mean are to be defined as maintained in a repository in the >> gnome git server. > > Wouldn't it be better to restrict us to high quality plugins in the first > place? So, basically, getting accepted on addons.gnome.org would mean to > deliver quality code, translation and documentation. > > We could have some kind of "staging" area of course but I would want this > area to be disabled by default, with a clear "You have been warned"-sign > attached to it. I totally agree with you. However, who would be responsible to review a plugin outside the staging area? > > Remember that we aren't a company that needs to promote its appstore by > having lots of stuff there and we can concentrate on quality. See [1] > related to that. This was never in my mind ;) I am not an apple fan :). I am a Gnome fan. Greetings José > > Regards, > Johannes > > [1] http://www.mobileuserexperience.com/?p=896 > > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org
Hi! > So to stress things, the site should clearly state that the plugins > are property of their developers and that problems should go to them > (as the addons.mozilla.org does) Of course we could also showcase > GNOME-"blessed" plugins with some logo of Gnome. For me "blessed"w > would mean are to be defined as maintained in a repository in the > gnome git server. Wouldn't it be better to restrict us to high quality plugins in the first place? So, basically, getting accepted on addons.gnome.org would mean to deliver quality code, translation and documentation. We could have some kind of "staging" area of course but I would want this area to be disabled by default, with a clear "You have been warned"-sign attached to it. Remember that we aren't a company that needs to promote its appstore by having lots of stuff there and we can concentrate on quality. See [1] related to that. Regards, Johannes [1] http://www.mobileuserexperience.com/?p=896 ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org
Hi Steve, On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Steve Frécinaux wrote: > On 08/08/2010 02:55 PM, Jose Aliste wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I sent this to the gnome-web-list but there was instructed to send it >> here, so it can be more widely discussed (and maybe also in the next >> gnome foundation meeting) >> >> The idea is simple (but long and complex to implement). I would love >> to have a site addons.gnome.org, so we can have nice database with >> plugins and other addons for desktop apps. The idea would be to >> "borrow" ideas from the addons site of mozilla and it should support >> different types of add-ons (for instance, for gedit, we have plugins, >> language files, style-themes to name a few). >> >> So what do you think about this? > > This is an idea the gedit team had for some time but never realized due to > lack of time resources. > > The nice thing here is that with the recent trend toward using a single > library for several apps the interaction code only needs to be written and > debugged once... Thanks for sharing this. Actually that's why I got interested in the idea. > > Anyway I'm a bit frightened by the potential stability issues implied by > such a "blessed" open plugin repository. That's a main point to address, put in another words, what do users would expect from addons there. I want to stress that in my mind, this would not a "blessed" open repository. As you know, plugins code quality differs a lot from plugin to plugin, and also they are several independent plugins trying to do the same thing. Havings addons.gnome.org(AGO), would just help us to motivate plugins dev to improve their code (by having more users of their code) and probably getting together to work ( I am just guessing). So to stress things, the site should clearly state that the plugins are property of their developers and that problems should go to them (as the addons.mozilla.org does) Of course we could also showcase GNOME-"blessed" plugins with some logo of Gnome. For me "blessed"w would mean are to be defined as maintained in a repository in the gnome git server. Greetings, José > ___ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Re: How about creating addons.gnome.org
On 08/08/2010 02:55 PM, Jose Aliste wrote: Hi All, I sent this to the gnome-web-list but there was instructed to send it here, so it can be more widely discussed (and maybe also in the next gnome foundation meeting) The idea is simple (but long and complex to implement). I would love to have a site addons.gnome.org, so we can have nice database with plugins and other addons for desktop apps. The idea would be to "borrow" ideas from the addons site of mozilla and it should support different types of add-ons (for instance, for gedit, we have plugins, language files, style-themes to name a few). So what do you think about this? This is an idea the gedit team had for some time but never realized due to lack of time resources. The nice thing here is that with the recent trend toward using a single library for several apps the interaction code only needs to be written and debugged once... Anyway I'm a bit frightened by the potential stability issues implied by such a "blessed" open plugin repository. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
