Re: Trinity Applications page Addendum

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On Wednesday 07 November 2018 03:50:17 pm E. Liddell wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 09:24:15 -0600
>
> Michael <mb_trinity_desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >Was:  Re:  Naming pattern for TDE packages based upon KDE
> >
> > names? (Installing KDiff3?)
> >
> > On Tuesday 06 November 2018 07:25:07 pm Michele Calgaro wrote:
> > > On 2018/11/07 05:54 AM, Michael wrote:
> > > > This page need a complete re-write :(
> > > >
> > > > https://www.trinitydesktop.org/applications.php
> > > >
> > > > so it includes how to get the apps listed.
> > >
> > > That is why there are several pages about how to install TDE :-)
> > > Start from here:
> > > https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Category:Documentation#Installing_from_
> > >a_Pa ckage_Manager
> >
> > On Tuesday 06 November 2018 09:01:18 pm E. Liddell wrote:
> > > Package naming conventions are distro-specific, so that information is
> > > irrelevant to the majority of people visiting that page.  It may belong
> > > on a distro-specific page on the wiki, though.
> >
> > Hi Michele, E.,
> >
> > Respectfully I have to disagree and maintain that how to install
> > individual TDE applications needs to be on the Trinity Applications page.
> >  Here’s my reasoning:
>
> Let me try again.
>
> That page is a *list of applications*.  It was not, and was never meant to
> be, instructions on how to install them.  And it's already a pretty long
> page.
>
> I am not saying that the information shouldn't exist if people consider it
> of value.  I'm saying it belongs *on the wiki*.  The static site is more
> for overview material that affects everyone who uses TDE (including people
> who've installed it on BSD or Linux From Scratch).

Hi E.,

On Wednesday 07 November 2018 09:24:15 am Michael wrote:
> My thoughts are a section at the top after the table of contents and before
> the first application group that includes, or links to, something like
> this  . . .   if it’s a link then it
> can be a link to a wiki page so the primary dev’s don’t need to burn time
> on it.

We're saying the same thing ;)

Best,
Michael

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