On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 05:32:52PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I'd be interested in knowing: > > * Would such an idea be feasible? Yes, it only requires somebody to code in the missing pieces (i.e. all of them) > * Would maintainers be willing to occasionally upload screenshots? I would. > * What would be a good way to get started? (*) - Code in an upload queue implementing something akin to master (i.e. upload through anonymous ftp and put the screenshots in a pool, define a changes file format to describe which version is being screenshotted etc.) - Provide an HTML interface to the pool If the packages names are the same I don't see the need to add yet another line to the debian/control file, packages.debian.org would just need to point to http://screenshots.debian.org/<package_name> and that's it. > As far as getting started: > > * Would this need to start on debian.net? Probably, until a proof of concept is working and an official domain is provided. > * What would be the requirements/limitations/guidelines? Do you mean server requirements? I guess that it's disk and bandwidth. As for limitations, if you are restricting this to DD uploads there is a severe limitation (i.e. users cannot 'contribute' screenshots) > I would really appreciate any comments and suggestions on this. I say that is a good idea, but I'm not sure how screenshots.debian.org would help your friend. If you are talking about one-five screenshot per package (or per package version) that is hardly sufficient to explain how a package manager works. Better yet if someone wrote a package management document using DocBook and including screenshots and that was published in the website. Regards Javier
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