'Re: Serving a particular user group'

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Subject: Re: Serving a particular user group
From: jonas gastal <jgastal () gmail ! com>
Date: 2009-11-18 16:22:11
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I would sey Tellico should have a project page in techbase were that
information would go. This is how we did it in rekonq:
http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/rekonq/Compiling_rekonq

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com>wrote:

> I need some input on what is for me a tricky problem.  When we started
> UserBase I felt that I was quite clear as to what was relevant, and what
> was
> Techbase material.  We spelled it out on http://userbase.kde.org/Userbase.
> However, I am again facing the problem of someone who wants to give
> detailed
> instructions on how to compile an application from source.
> http://userbase.kde.org/Tellico/Compiling.  Every time I have spoken to
> regular contributors on Userbase the reply has been unanimous - this is not
> what Userbase was set up for.
>
> Clearly this is outside the remit that we first understood.  On the other
> hand, looking at Techbase's structure, there is no obvious home for it
> there.
> I would like some opinions on how we should cater for that group of users -
> power users? - who want to build a package from source because their distro
> doesn't provide it.  I see them as being probably much more knowledgeable
> than
> the average user, but on the other hand not developers either.
>
> I suspect that the only sensible way is to make a decision to support those
> users in a section either on userbase or on techbase, and try to enforce it
> fairly strictly.  Personally I would prefer it to be a section of Techbase,
> hoping that it would encourage that type of user to explore Techbase and
> possibly become more of a contributor.  If that's not acceptable I have to
> think about how we can handle it in Userbase, without risking ordinary
> users
> being frightened away because they see pages of build instructions.
>
> I really would appreciate some thoughts on this.
>
> Anne
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I would sey Tellico should have a project page in techbase were that information \
would go. This is how we did it in rekonq: <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/rekonq/Compiling_rekonq">http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/rekonq/Compiling_rekonq</a> 
 <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Anne Wilson &lt;<a href="mailto:cannewilson@googlemail.com">cannewilson@googlemail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I need some input on what is \
for me a tricky problem. When we started UserBase I felt that I was quite clear \
as to what was relevant, and what was Techbase material. We spelled it out on <a \
href="http://userbase.kde.org/Userbase" \
target="_blank">http://userbase.kde.org/Userbase</a>. However, I am again facing \
the problem of someone who wants to give detailed instructions on how to compile \
an application from source. <a href="http://userbase.kde.org/Tellico/Compiling" \
target="_blank">http://userbase.kde.org/Tellico/Compiling</a>. Every time I have \
spoken to regular contributors on Userbase the reply has been unanimous - this is \
not what Userbase was set up for. 
 
Clearly this is outside the remit that we first understood. On the other 
hand, looking at Techbase&#39;s structure, there is no obvious home for it there. 
I would like some opinions on how we should cater for that group of users - 
power users? - who want to build a package from source because their distro 
doesn&#39;t provide it. I see them as being probably much more knowledgeable \
than the average user, but on the other hand not developers either. 
 
I suspect that the only sensible way is to make a decision to support those 
users in a section either on userbase or on techbase, and try to enforce it 
fairly strictly. Personally I would prefer it to be a section of Techbase, 
hoping that it would encourage that type of user to explore Techbase and 
possibly become more of a contributor. If that&#39;s not acceptable I have to 
think about how we can handle it in Userbase, without risking ordinary users 
being frightened away because they see pages of build instructions. 
 
I really would appreciate some thoughts on this. 
 
Anne 
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