Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (92 mails)

["Benji Weber" <benji.weber@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On 24/08/07, Benji Weber <b.weber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 24/08/07, Lukas Ocilka <lukas.ocilka@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > That's true, as a user, I always check which packages a patch/pattern
> > contains because I want to know the relation between the patch/pattern
> > (name) and its content (what it affected, what else should I select...).
> >
> > Such statements as "user doesn't want", "user wants", "user needs"
> > should be supported by, at least, some mail written to the community at
> > factory@opensuse or some Internet survey.
> >
> > It seems we need to provide surveys *before* we change some important
> > parts, or, at least, *after* we change them (however *before* sounds
> > better).
> >
> > Frankly, I've found, that all of us (including myself, of course) are
> > "freaks" :) that don't now what the real life is :) ;) We know our
> > distribution, we know our packages, we know our source code, but we
> > really *don't know* what our users want...
>
> I quite agree. Surely the design of the user experience should come
> first, and then the best means to accomplish that with the API can be
> determined. Designing the user experience around the internal design
> of the API is madness.
>
> Now if I understand it correctly the pattern selector will not be
> changed for 10.3 in any case? In which case why not post a call to
> -project mailing list asking for suggestions & mockups etc. There is
> no rush for 10.3++ and asking for input on topics such as this is a
> great way to get more people involved.
>
> _
> Benjamin Weber
>
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