(Sorry, forgot to post to list.) On 4/27/06, Gonéri Le Bouder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > On graphic software websites, in general the most visited page is the one with > the screenshots because it give a good overview of the software. > In general a screenshot is better that the limited description provided by the > Debian control file. > > I think that tools like synaptic or Debian Installer should have an option to > provided a screenshot or/and the project logo with the text description.
Good idea. Other Debian based distros have started with the project logo, a screenshot feature would be nice. > > > SUGGESTION: > * file access > > Pictures must be available without the installed packaged. > Files access: > - network source: The screenshot can be available directly in the pool with > the .deb files. It also possible to download a tarball[1] to reduct http/ftp > request. I would think maybe a command like 'apt-get screenshot <pkgname>' would be good, so Synaptic/KPackage/etc. can have a 'show screenshot' button which would execute apt-get screenshot and then display the image from /var/lib/apt/screenshots/pkgname.jpg. > - other sources: The user download a tarball[1] when he add a new source and > install it (e.g: /var/cache/apt/pixmaps) That would be good as well, it would allow instant display of images for every package. > > [1] We can split screenshots tarball to avoid a new download just for a little > change. e.g: 26 tarballs of about 2M (or more), one per first letter of > packages. > > > Files size: > There is about 2500 X11 based packages in Debian. This is an estimation of the Where did you get that number from? > global cost on the mirrors with different pictures size. One picture per > packages. > jpg 200x150 8bit pictures: 8.5K => 21M > png 200x150 8bit pictures: 21K => 52.5M > jpg 400x300 8bit pictures: 30K => 75M > png 400x300 8bit pictures: 57K => 142M > I don't think that it is a big problem. Also depends on the compression level set. There could even be several different sizes you could download by passing an option. > > Network consumption: > Screenshoots will not change for every new release of a software. One update Depends how major that new release is. > or less per year is i think enough. If we split this archive and with cache > mechanism we could reduct a lot the download. > > I suggest to have Pixmaps:" entry in the control file with the name of one or > more screenshots or logo so we'll be able to have a same picture shared with > different release of a package. Yes. I would think though that the project logo could be included in the package and screenshots downloaded externally. andrew > > > Regards, > > Gonéri > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net
