Re: Presenting Debian to the user at cloud provider marketplaces (round 2)
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 07:57:19PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> Product title: For older releases, the title is listed as (e.g.) "Debian
> GNU/Linux 9 (Stretch)". For buster, it is "Debian 10 Buster". I prefer
> the formating used for stretch, and would like to update buster to
> match.
What do you mean with "formating"? "GNU/Linux" is now irrelevant.
"Debian Linux", maybe, but redundant.
> I'm open to the idea of listing only the version number, and
> dropping the code name, but don't feel strongly either way. Opinions?
Well. People search for both?
> Is there existing text that
> would work better here?
Sadly, no.
I looked at other distributions on Azure and found for example:
https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/canonical.ubuntuserver
> Buster is only "The universal operating system." I
> think pulling some snippets in from the release notes makes sense for
> buster. Agree?
Should this be highlights of the release? Hightlights of the software?
I don't know.
> The AWS Marketplace requires some text for a "EULA". Currently we link
> to the Social Contract for that, but that's not at all written like a
> EULA and doesn't specifically discuss legal rights or restrictions.
> IMO, as suggested in #696596 [4], we should replace the EULA text with
> something similar to what's in the default MOTD. Thoughts?
We need something on our website. This is also relevant for Azure.
> Support information: The stretch listing says "Debian is developed and
> supported by a diverse global community. It can be reached through a
> variety of means including email, IRC, and web forums." and links to
> www.debian.org/support. Buster indicates that "No Support is offered
> for this product" I'd like to make buster match the stretch listing.
Ah, this is a freetext field. Feel free.
Regards,
Bastian
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