Pete Travis (me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > I've been thinking of implementation, in general terms. A lot of the details > would fall out if a few preliminary goals are established, and the replies so > far have come from a necessarily technical perspective. Allow me to offer > another, on presentation: > > Who is the target audience for formulas? We can roughly group the user base > into two areas: end users and experienced users. I would group the average > desktop linux enthusiast in the former, and include the majority of Fedora > contributors, system administrators, and wizened enthusiasts in the latter. > > Targeting the end user would require a lot more effort in presentation, but > would provide a bigger payoff in terms of marketing value and user draw. > Targeting the latter would allow a much easier implementation - really, we > would just have to agree on a common style and guidelines for shipping > playbooks and put them in a git repo to be cloned. > > Without solid presentation, we will expending effort to the exclusion of less > experienced users. I propose that from the beginning, Formulas should be > implemented with the intent of making their use as easy as clicking the link > to download a spin. I think that we can agree that drawing more users to > Fedora is generally a Good Thing, and that Formulas could help keep the > contributor funnel full. > > So, a Formula should contain: > - an ansible playbook > - any required ansible templates > - descriptive content in html using a defined template, or in a format > translatable to html > - a fun banner image > - indexable metadata > > The presentation layer should provide: > - a browseable, searchable interface built from Formula metadata > - a rating system, to promote involvement > - a moderated comment system, to promote involvement > (although comments can detract from perceived professionalism) > - a script to crawl through the git source and create and index the > content > - individual Formula pages displaying the above mentioned descriptive > content, with direct links to the playbook file itself > - a GUI URI handler to guide the user through the interactive portions of > the formula, and to promote a sense of accomplishment A lot here does depend on the target market you're looking at. For example, are we trying to get to the use case of users who want: http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ or the use case of users who want: http://jujucharms.com/charms/precise ? These are vastly different target markets, and I'd honestly try and shoot for the second, not the first. Others may disagree. Bill _______________________________________________ formulas-devel mailing list formulas-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/formulas-devel
