Re: Vendors Page
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 04:13:26AM -0400, Ricky Zhou wrote:
> Richard Atterer wrote:
> > One thing I've been thinking about is the set of offered architectures.
> > IMHO it would be enough not to list each arch, but only to distinguish the
> > cases "PC" (i386 and possibly amd64), "some" (some more arches, but not
> > all; typically powerpc) and "all".
> Hmmm, do you think such classifications would be as useful to users?
> The architectures list is definitely too long, but I'd feel bad making
> users with a specific "other" arch in mind clicking through several
> vendors to find media. I really can't see any way to cut the size down
> without making the list harder to use/understand.
Yes, I know what you mean... :-/ I feel the same, but I thought that the
list would become more readable for >90% of the users, while only making
usage /slightly/ less comfortable for the remaining users. Anyway, as I
said the list of arches is often outdated; non-PC users will currently
click on links only to find that their arch isn't offered after all by a
vendor.
WRT the URLs: I think the "Debian URL" is the more important one for
people. Would it make sense to use that URL for the vendor name and to add
a "Home" or similar link? (Or possibly a small home symbol?)
> The new format should look something like this:
> <country code="ar" name="<ARc>">
> ...
> <vendor name="AGNUS"
> url="http://www.agnus.com.ar/";
> deburl="http://www.agnus.com.ar/site/agnus/debian/";
> contribution="no"
...
Looks great! :)
Cheers,
Richard
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