8,230
edits
Difference between revisions of "Linux Packaging project"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
| Line 48: | Line 48: | ||
* Package must have an easy interface to chose/change the content to spread, configure the interface (local network/internet)) and other mandatory things | * Package must have an easy interface to chose/change the content to spread, configure the interface (local network/internet)) and other mandatory things | ||
* Take care that this package will be integrated in official catalogs of thus distributions | * Take care that this package will be integrated in official catalogs of thus distributions | ||
== Resources == | |||
* 680 hours of professional development | |||
* 80 hours of volunteer time for the project management | |||
* 4 months of time | |||
* 10.000 CHF | |||
== Fit strategy and user demand == | |||
Increase reach is currently [https://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Plan/Movement_Priorities#Increase_Reach the first Wikimedia strategic goal]. Offline is an essential part of the Wikimedia strategy ot increase the audience of our content, and Kiwix as official Wikimedia offline reader is the offline lead tool. | |||
GNU/Linux represents only a small part of the audience, but this is the audience we want to push. We think that free software is the best solution to access to free content. This is also the best solution for economically poor people who are our most targeted audience. At the same time, this part of the audience is used to collaborate, and so one often make more feedbacks about the software - something essential to improve it. | |||
Currently, around 20.000 people per month download Kiwix. This is a lot and this number is growing constantly. But we still things that millions of people need Kiwix and that in fact this number represents only a small fraction of our potential audience. That's why such project are essential to push the software to those users. | |||
== Wins == | == Wins == | ||
| Line 54: | Line 68: | ||
* Remove the Xulrunner dependency which is an almost unmaintained piece of software | * Remove the Xulrunner dependency which is an almost unmaintained piece of software | ||
* Improve the global quality of Kiwix compilation scripts | * Improve the global quality of Kiwix compilation scripts | ||
* Increase audience and quality of feedbacks | |||
* Create the packages to use kiwix-serve for the time with routers (widely used and really cheap) | * Create the packages to use kiwix-serve for the time with routers (widely used and really cheap) | ||
== People == | == People == | ||