Roberto Sanchez and I proposed to create a service to provide screenshots for Debian packages. And with a little work, a lot of Pylons frameworking power and a tad of jQuery spice I created the 'debexpo' software that provides a nice-looking web site doing exactly that. The service is already up and running at screenshots.debian.net. This is still the phase where I have to sort out a few minor technical, legal and organisational issues. And thanks to a friendly fellow Pylons' user I have now a place to host the service (my vpslink-sponsored server is already overloaded). Once all the subleties are sorted out I will announce the service to debian-devel-announce and hope to get mentioned in the weekly news.
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This is a great idea! I've
Submitted by Christopher Lunsford (not verified) on
This is a great idea! I've uploaded a few screenshots already :)
[...] Haas a Roberto Sanchez
Submitted by Betaverze serve... (not verified) on
[...] Haas a Roberto Sanchez společně vytvořili novou službu, která slouží k ukládání a prohlížení screenshotů pořízených z aplikací v balíčcích Debianu. Služba je již v betaprovozu a můžete si ji [...]
How about adding links to the
Submitted by Damyan (not verified) on
How about adding links to the licensing boilerplate?
These screenshots are licensed under the same terms[1] as '$package[2]' itself.
Where [1] points to http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/b/$package/current/copyright and [2] points to (say) http://packages.debian.org/src:$package ?
Minor issue I know, but I
Submitted by Chris Butler (not verified) on
Minor issue I know, but I personally would insert the '(just type the first letters)' on the upload page using Javascript, since the autocomplete functionality won't be available to users with Javascript disabled.
Hi, is there a tool to show
Submitted by Florian (not verified) on
Hi,
is there a tool to show packages i got installed but dont have a screenshot online?
thanks for the interesting project :)
Florian
[...] planet debian:
Submitted by Debianizzati.Or... (not verified) on
[...] planet debian: http://blog.workaround.org/2008/11/10/screenshotsdebiannet-goes-beta/ Tags: archivio, aspetto, Debian, gnu/linux, programmi, Repository, [...]
@Florian: That would be a
Submitted by Christoph Haas on
@Florian:
That would be a nice idea. I could provide a list of packages on screenshots.debian.net as a plain text file. With a little shell trickery that should do what you ask for.
I have to provide a list of packages without screenshots anyway. Currently my ORM (SQLAlchemy) is not listening to me properly so I need some investigation there.
The "problem" is that non-free packages are legally not allowed to have screenshots. So that section would be excluded. And you probably don't want to get a huge list of *-data packages and libraries either. But the idea is interesting.
I think a simple filter
Submitted by Florian (not verified) on
I think a simple filter (ending on -dbg / -data or starting with lib) be applyed (also for the name suggestion when uploading)
I had a good time using SQLAlchemy but didn't use it for an actual project, just toying around - used elixir latly: less to write and still everything possible :) Hope you get your problems sorted out soon.
If there is a list of pkgs that need a screenshot it shoulb be trivial to do the local checking.
Thanks for your fast answer!
A point the guidelines
Submitted by Florian (not verified) on
A point the guidelines doesn't cover: How do you handle versioning? I was up to take a screenshot of gimp but realized I use the version out of experimental. I think saving the verion of the package would be a nice addition.
PS sorry for spamming your blog.
@Florian: Yes, that's on my
Submitted by Christoph Haas on
@Florian:
Yes, that's on my todo list. I was fixing bugs all day. But I will soon (1-2 days) implement that.