[Mageia-marketing] Fwd: Mageia product naming/scoping

[Patricia Fraser]

Hi Samuel, of this info should be available from the
> > > > packagers
> > > > - can we ask them to give the comms team a heads-up in some
> > > >          way when they add/change things, so information on
> > > > flavour pages can be updated?
> > > 
> > > That would rely on checking each package changelog and getting
> > > in touch with the packagers. I don't know how to put some
> > > incentive (or how to integrate these changelogs) as to make
> > > this more easily informative. I believe mageia-app-db work done
> > > by Stormi can help a lot here.
> > 
> > How do we get to take a look at what's currently in mageia-app-db?
> > I've seen some mention of it on the Devel list, but I haven't read
> > it in any detail.
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You can see a test instance at http://88.191.121.20/madb/mageia/
> 
> It won't feature mail or RSS notifications before the end of april,
> but it can already be used to browse the list of available
> packages. The "updates" page shows package updates ordered by
> descending buildtime.
> 
> By default, a filter is set to show only applications. If you want 
> to see all packages, check both "yes" and "no" in the applications
> filter
> 
> Can it be useful for your team ?

On a quick (very quick!) look, I think so - I'm hoping there's a way
to link package documentation to the rest of the package info, since
that's what's usually missing!

Thanks for the link!

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