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[Martin Albisetti <martin.albisetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/08/2010 05:29 PM, Curtis Hovey wrote:
> I have created an illustrated guide to the workflow change I think we
> want to make to improve the Ubuntu contributor's experience.
>      https://dev.launchpad.net/Registry/UbuntuLinkUpstream
>
> The saga explain the suggested changes and the motivations to make them.

This looks great Curtis, thanks for putting it together. In general, it looks 
like a great plan, although, as usual, a few comments popped in my head while 
reading through it:


"Distro series +packaging page"[1]
 - This page is a fantastic idea, although I'd probably order them by 
"incompleteness"
 - The column names may not be super clear (maybe s/Branch/Code?). Also, bonus 
points if people can do something about it from that listing


"Source package +index page, unlinked"[2]:
 - Instead of showing the information on the page, maybe it's worth having a 
call to action and the actual information in an overlay. It may be creating to 
much noise for people who don't care/don't know
- I think we need to re-phrase some of the text in plainer English. Upstream 
association is probably not as clear to others at it is for us. Lets work on 
that with Matt R

"Source package +packaging page"[3]
 - I'd split out the actions of linking to an existing one and creating into 2 
on the page ("Link to an existing project" OR "Create a new one")


[1] 
https://dev.launchpad.net/Registry/UbuntuLinkUpstream?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=linked-packaging.png
[2] 
https://dev.launchpad.net/Registry/UbuntuLinkUpstream?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=unlinked-pakage.png
[3] 
https://dev.launchpad.net/Registry/UbuntuLinkUpstream?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=linking-package.png

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Martin