Re: PloneSoftwareCenter DOAP

[Martin Aspeli <optilude gmx net>]

Simone Deponti wrote:
>     If I were wgo, I wouldn't deploy software with no tests. :)
>
>     If they need to, they can deploy the branch and switch later. I don't
>     see why adding tests after merge helps anyone.
>
>
> Well, okay, we can merge after the tests are done. Deploying "right now" 
> is needed because we are online in one week or so, and people need to 
> start inserting content.
> We can either upload doap-branch or trunk, doesn't make much of a 
> difference, since the doap branch is content-compatible with trunk.
>
>     or 4, let the user select which value really means "all platforms", but
>     that's still cumbersome. I think having it as a special value (2) makes
>     sense, but you can't put that in trunk unless there is fallback or
>     migration support.
>
>
> That could be a great feature for kde.org <http://kde.org>, but we're 
> working for gnome.org <http://gnome.org> here :D (cfr. Linus Torvalds on 
> GNOME usability, to understand the joke).

/me doesn't get it at all

> Jokes aside, we do really need to let the user choose what he wants for 
> "All platforms"? I think that the i18n for the label and a predefined 
> value can fit well enough.
> Anyway, I might implement that in doap-branch along with a migration 
> script later (that checks the values and migrates everything that 
> doesn't match with the config to "All platforms", where all platforms 
> also means not specified for us).
> For now, let's leave things as they are and hope we are not being the 
> Internet Explorer of DOAP.


I think it's fine if All platforms is hard coded and becomes None, so 
long as its translatable and there is a working migration.

Martin