Ubuntu and Automatix

[Scott]

Martijn van de Streek spake thusly on 03/16/2006 11:13 PM:
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Andreas Lloyd wrote:
> 
>> an article about Automatix for Ubuntu Breezy was linked on Slashdot today:
>> 
>> http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/03/12/209257&from=rss
> 
> We should really make this stop... 

Since you are part of "we" then go for it! No one else is taking the
initiative.

> Every time it's mentioned, lots of people try it, and we (local support
> mailinglists, IRC) get to clean up the fallout (broken systems, people who
> are suddenly annoyed with all of Ubuntu because 'it came from an official
> site, didn't it?'). 

That's up to the mods on ubuntuforums.org.
> 
> The forums should really be moderated by 'official' people (like the mailing
> lists are), so broken software like this doesn't get as popular.

The mailing lists aren't moderated (at least not most of them anyway).

>And using
> the launchpad login system would rock too, but I can see why that's Hard.

Login for what?  The forums?  I don't see that changing much.

> 
> Oh, and the forums would probably do well to add links to Launchpad for bug
> tracking, because forum posts just don't really work well (as almost no
> developers read the forums).

The forums work quite well.  No one on the lists (that I'm aware of)
has bothered to take the time to pist FAQs or anything related.  There
is a whole slew of "howtos" on the forums.     The problem is the
developers, not the forums.

> 
>> and discussed here:
>> 
>> http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/03/16/1954251.shtml
>> 
>> No mention of EasyUbuntu, it seems...
> 
> Why don't you just work with the DocTeam to make the docs IN ubuntu better,
> so EasyUbuntu isn't necessary?

How could the doc team make a difference? EasyUbuntu and Automatix
automate the process of installing software. It's software that's been
documented all over previously.  The scripts just make it easier to
install.

I've frankly never used them and still ended up with problems.   In my
case, I feel there needs to be a "Christian Marillat" for Ubuntu. In
other words and official Ubuntu developer (@ubuntu.org and all) who also
writes unofficial packages, maintained in his own repository.  Right now
there are at least *two* "unofficial official" repos for various
multimedia related stuff.  Much of whats in both is duplicated.



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