On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, susmit shannigrahi wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, susmit shannigrahi wrote:
> >> Description/Summary: This application will integrate all the different
> >> methods of offline fedora distribution. This will also address several
> >> issues that came up while operating the freemedia and distribution
> >> project. This will make finding or managing the vendors easy. Lastly,
> >> it will replace the existing freemedia front-end and make filing
> >> ticket a one step process.
> >>
> >>
> >> Project plan (Detailed):
> >> 1. Currently we keep the vendor list in the wiki.[1][2] These are hard
> >> to maintain. And it is also hard for people to find out a suitable
> >> vendor. The proposed app is geoip aware one which returns the most
> >> appropriate results based on location. This will reduce the load on
> >> freemedia as there are vendors who offer the disk from less than
> >> half-a-dollar.
> >
> > How is maintaining it in an app going to be so much easier then
> > maintaining it in the wiki?
>
> It is database driven. So entering data and presenting them don't need
> wiki edits.
>
scripts.
> >> 2. It is a pain to maintain the wiki list and verify each and every
> >> vendor. We plan to notify each vendor upon a new release. We also want
> >> to let them have an account so that they can update their accounts
> >> themselves.
> >
> > You still have to verify vendors and notify them.
> Currently, we don't or can't do that because it is so much manual work.
>
Scripts.
> >
> >> 3. Currently, in freemedia, we open the form for a day or two and
> >> close it for the rest of the month. This creates a problem for us. We
> >> want to keep the form opened for NA for a longer time, EMEA for lesser
> >> time and so on. In this app, there is a python-sqlite wrapper around
> >> trac which enables us to differentiate between the regions and
> >> close/open the form for a region on demand.
> >
> > Why not have multiple forms?
>
> We have to disable/enable each form using puppet. We have to do it each month.
> it will not be possible.
>
Of course it would be. You write a script to generate your pages, change
a 1 to a 0.
> >> 4. There are countries which have their own freemedia program (brazil
> >> for example). They want us to redirect requesters to their sites.
> >> Currently, we need to add a redirect manually everytime we want to do
> >> that. We also address it here.
> >>
> >> Should you need more info, please let me know.
> >>
> >> Goals: Integrate all the offline sources of fedora. And present them
> >> to the uses in a
> >> neat and convenient way.
> >>
> >
> > I get that building websites is fun
> Do you follow the freemedia list?
> If not, please have a look at the archive. I didn't do this for fun.
>
> > Perhaps I don't understand what this app does? If you're tracking vendors
> > why not just use a spreadsheet or something?
>
> And how do we present the data to the requesters?
>
how do you do it now?
-Mike
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