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Why 2 wps theme web pages?

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iPodFoo:
It seems theres 2 seperate places to get themes from.

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WpsGallery

http://www.rockbox-themes.org/index.php

Doesnt this serve to confuse and also theyre not the same. I have a theme I made and its only on one of them.

JdGordon:
the 2nd is someone elses site, the first is the official gallery. It would be great to only have 1 wps repository, but it wont happen

iPodFoo:
Oh right. I thought that web address was a "sub-website" of rockbox.

Thanks for clarifying.

ryran:
Rather than starting a new thread, I figured I'd hop on this one.

I want to open discussion about rockbox-themes.org--I'm curious how the devs feel about it. Frankly, I don't understand how it's been allowed to continue. I don't know much about licensing.. I know that people are totally given credit on the site, but it just doesn't seem kosher that another site is taking themes from the wiki, posting them, AND making it appear as if it's part of rockbox.org (whether or not the owner is a well-intentioned rockbox enthusiast or not).

Aside from all that, my feeling is that it's illogical and just plain cumbersome--the wiki is there so that it can be updated by anyone at any time; this site has scraped things from all the various wps wiki pages.. but what about when there are updates?

I can understand that the person behind was most likely just trying to provide a service by improving upon the wiki; however, I believe it is misguided and could be a cause of much confusion for users.

RedBreva:
http://www.rockbox.org/irc/reader.pl?date=20060427

See time stamp 15:12

--- Quote ---15:12:19   preglow   are anyone looking at what wpses we should bundle?
15:13:07   Paul_The_Nerd   Has anyone actually submitted any WPSes through the proper process recently?
15:13:28   B4gder   I think we've hesitated to accept any
15:13:54   B4gder   I'd rather have us arrange them in a new way
15:14:10   B4gder   with ~3 WPSes for each target LCD
15:14:50   B4gder   I wish someone would bother to setup a dedicated site and service for Rockbox themes
--- End quote ---

and then a few hours later...


--- Quote ---17:18:04   RedBreva   Just reading the logs, anyone have any objection to me having a go at a mini themes site (as a proof of concept)
17:18:18   B4gder   on the contrary!
17:18:54   B4gder   I'll even offer you a name for your server in the rockbox.org domain! ;-)
17:21:18   RedBreva   heheh, I'll knock something up in my own domain initially and see if it looks OK first ;-)
17:21:42   B4gder   oh sure, just showing my enthusiasm! ;-)
--- End quote ---

The problem with the Wiki is that it is a free-for-all and there is a lack of consistency between the way themes are packaged etc.  There are a lot of the themes on there that require patched builds, but do not mention it, or provide a link to download a suitable build...  and it can be just plain confusing for new users.

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