Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-26 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
On Mo, 2006-12-25 at 20:53 +0100, Ernst Persson wrote: > The popularity system is really broken. :-) > Perhaps it could be fixed but I really don't know how... > Right now, all Ubuntu default apps have 4, some apps have 3, most > Kubuntu apps have 2, and then the rest have 1. > > Take Inkscape fo

Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-26 Thread Hobbsee
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 About popcon - would there be a way to add it to the installer or something to say "do you want this enabled?", with yes as the default? I guess you'd provide more information as to what it was, and what it does with the option. Sarah Hobbs Sebastia

Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-26 Thread Sebastian Heinlein
On Di, 2006-12-26 at 21:35 +1100, Hobbsee wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > About popcon - would there be a way to add it to the installer or > something to say "do you want this enabled?", with yes as the default? > > I guess you'd provide more information as to what i

Strategy for fixing Bug #1

2006-12-26 Thread Wes Morgan
Most of you have probably seen ESR's recently-slashdotted essay about what Linux needs to do to conquer the desktop computing world by the end of 2008 (and why we need to do it by then--hint: because of the 32-to-64-bit transition). If not, you can read it here: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/wo

Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-26 Thread Francesco Fumanti
>The popularity system is really broken. :-) >Perhaps it could be fixed but I really don't know how... >Right now, all Ubuntu default apps have 4, some apps have 3, most >Kubuntu apps have 2, and then the rest have 1. > >Take Inkscape for example, 17:th best rated on GnomeFiles with a >score of 9

Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-26 Thread Aaron Whitehouse
Hi all, On 26/12/06, Sebastian Heinlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > About popcon - would there be a way to add it to the installer or > > something to say "do you want this enabled?", with yes as the default? > This could be implemented technically. But I think that there are many > users who

Re: User Reviews In Synaptic?

2006-12-26 Thread Constantine Evans
Sebastian Heinlein wrote: > Popularity contenst also takes into account how often an app was used. > Apps that are installed but never used don't get a high rating. It seems that this doesn't work very well. From looking at the data, 1200 machines are reporting installations, and of those 1200 onl

Rearranging the DebuggingFirefox wiki page for users

2006-12-26 Thread t u
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have been meaning to do this for a while now. The wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingFirefox is a nice place to provide as a source for firefox bug reporters to use while sending bug reports. I rearranged it so it is oriented towards bug reporters instea

Re: Strategy for fixing Bug #1

2006-12-26 Thread mikecorn
The 5 points are OK but there are deeper problems with Linux that need to be solved first. Ubuntu is the best Linux, but is not doing anything to fix the real issues, IMO. This is a (short) rant about what is wrong with Linux, so if you are sick of reading about this you can just delete it now.

Re: Strategy for fixing Bug #1

2006-12-26 Thread Conrad Knauer
On 12/27/06, mikecorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - the LSD project *GRIN* (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD) Please see the LUG meeting image on http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=review-winvista ;) > is an attempt to create some useful standards and > cross-platform tools, but Mark S