On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 11:55:02AM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:32:52 -0500 > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com> wrote: > > > I would really appreciate any comments and suggestions on this. > > What I don't really get is, why would we want a similar service in Debian? For several reasons: 1.- Debian is "upstream" for a number of programs 2.- There is software that has no "upstream" to speak of 3.- Some upstream sites do not carry screenshots, why force them do it? 4.- The screenshots for a particular version (i.e. the one shipped in stable) for some software (say, an e-mail client) might be quite different than the latest eye-candy produced by upstream with the latest release (because of different functionality being available). 5.- If the location is fixed, it is easier to integrate with package managers and other tools. > We should already be pointing to the upstream site with the Homepage: > pseudo-header, and in case of GUI programs or games there are usually plenty > of screenshots there. Not in all programs, not for all games. > I really se no point in doing this. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. If there's somebody (Roberto) that thinks it is a worthwhile idea I say we let him do it and, if it turns out to be a good idea (like I think it is) it will keep momentum and will find its own space in the universe of ideas, if it's not, it will die [1] Regards Javier [1] Harsh, but it's Charles Darwin's evolutionist theory applied to software :)
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