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[mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, RSK,

We are guessing that many users' offline computers are physically a
long way from them, forcing them to travel that distance to create a
profile then come back to start downloading apps. Providing pre-made
profiles for download allows the user to get started downloading apps
for their offline machine immediately.

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Senthil Kumar_Rsk
<webrsk.ideas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Would be great if you can explain me , why creating profile by the user
> itself through Keryx will take more time? They can easily create profiles of
> the offline machine of any distribution(of apt support) and they proceed on
> rite. Any reason providing profile for download?
> Throw some lights on me :) :)
> Thanks,
> RSK
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:19 PM, mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I really like the idea. It would get the community involved in making
>> Keryx more useful to more people.
>>
>> Only trouble is it looks like something that could take a lot of
>> coding time, which is something we don't have in excess.
>>
>> Perhaps we could have a temporary implementation of this using the
>> forum. We could open a new forum section with a sticky explaining how
>> to submit profiles. Reviews could simply be replies on a profile
>> thread, and moderator approval could be given by adding something to
>> the thread title.
>>
>> That would save us the time necessary to build a new website.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Chris Oliver <excid3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I had this idea and wanted to gauge interest in it. Right now it's quite
>> > a
>> > pain for us to create new profiles. Not always do us as developers
>> > upgrade
>> > to the latest Ubuntu, and we certainly do not have copies of every
>> > version
>> > or other distros like Debian and Linux Mint.
>> > Taking this into consideration, I would like to propose a profile
>> > submission
>> > site for the Keryx community. The site would be simply as follows:
>> > - Give an example of how to create a new profile for common distros
>> > (this
>> > can be applied indirectly to other apt based distros)
>> > - Provide default profiles for other people to use
>> > - Allow users to submit their own profiles so that people do not have to
>> > wait on us developers to post them
>> > - Votes can be cast upon submitted profiles along with comments
>> > regarding
>> > them. This allows the community to keep track of which profiles possibly
>> > were incorrectly created and we could avoid them
>> > Keryx 1.1 could provide download access to "verified" profiles from its
>> > interface. After a profile has gotten good reviews or has been verified
>> > by a
>> > moderator, it would be put on a list that would show up in the Keryx
>> > home
>> > tab. This way we can make sure to keep a high level of quality for
>> > profiles
>> > while still letting the community help us out doing things.
>> > What do you think? I hope I explained the idea clearly enough but feel
>> > free
>> > to ask questions because I'm sure I missed something important that I
>> > wanted
>> > to convey.
>> > (Cross posted to the blog)
>> > --
>> > Chris Oliver
>> > http://excid3.com
>> >
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