Re : Re: How to make Debian more attractive for users

* 2010-07-23 00:27 (+0900), Charles Plessy wrote:  > Le Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:54:16AM +0300, Teemu Likonen a écrit : >> Debian's attractiveness (or perhaps the lack of it) is probably a sum >> of several different things. I think one of those things is the front >> page <http://www.debian.org>. The page may implicitly suggest that >> there is nothing happening in the project. It looks almost always the >> same, almost like one of those abandoned projects. >>  >> I understand the "patched are welcome" nature of the project but >> there has already been an example implementations for the front page. >> A couple of years back there was lengthy discussion which even made >> me feel that now it's really happening, the front page will change >> soon, but still nothing. Were do those suggestions go?  > in my opinion, it is not only a question of design, but of > infrastructure. For me, the combination of CVS and WML finally eroded > all my motivation over the years for keeping some life in the pages > under /devel/debian-med. I would welcome any change of VCS and > language, even if it means losing the history or rewriting the pages > from scratch.  Yes, sometimes it's not enough to send patches to an established project. Indeed starting a different (web) project, possibly with different infrastructure, may be needed if one wants to change things.  Well, I don't understand much about web programming myself so this is just talk.  --  Feel free to Cc me your replies if you want to make sure I'll notice them. I can't read all the list mail.   --  To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 87ocdqeipl.fsf@mithlond.arda