Comment 14 for bug 339951

Toni Ruottu wrote:
>> I'm glad you think so :), most of the feedback we've had so far has all
>> been from developers who want the package/detailed stuff to be back on
>> the index page.
>
> You should probably provide them a way to get to their admin pages
> more efficiently then. That page is linked from the user page to my
> understanding by accident, and not by design. I'm also not sure, if
> linking that page from the user page is a good idea.
>

Thanks for the further feedback. I've actually tried to be careful with
the terminology there - there isn't a division between the 'user' page
and the 'developer/owner' page. Rather, there is the PPA landing page -
which presents an overview of the PPA itself. This page is designed with
the end-user in mind, but should be useful to both audiences for
interacting with the PPA itself (for eg. it is here that the owner of
the PPA edits the title/description etc.). The distinction will be more
obvious when we stop presenting the source packages on the PPA landing page.

The 'packages' sub-page is specifically for working with the multiple
packages for a specific PPA - and this information is usually more
appropriate for developers/owners (who want to investigate failed builds
etc.) - but should still be useful to users of the PPA.

Before Launchpad 3.0, we had just one page to deal with the concerns of
both the archive itself and the packages within the archive, and it was
getting way to busy with options and details, but developers knew where
they could find all the options - now they have to relearn :/

> I used to be the admin of my father's pc when he was using Windows.
> With Ubuntu, I just watched him install it and become his own admin.
>

Great to hear!

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Michael