Hi Jorge, I wrote a bit on media types at
http://wiki.mediagoblinorg/Media_Types, please tell me if something's
unclear.
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 01:07:39PM -0600, Jorge Araya Navarro wrote:
> El sáb, 16-06-2012 a las 09:44 -0500, Christopher Allan Webber escribió:
> > Hi Jorge,
> >
> > I responded on-ticket:
> >
> > http://issues.mediagoblin.org/ticket/391#comment:4
> >
> > As said on there:
> > - This is kind of a tough task to take on, but if you're interested I'm
> > happy to walk you through it
> > - I think we need to document how to extend media types! Where's the
> > right place for this though? The wiki? The sphinx docs? Given that
> > we're expanding the docs to include plugin authoring, maybe that is
> > the right place.
> > - One reason for me making this shift in employment is so I can be
> > helpful to people on learning these types of things and mentoring.
> > :) That said, there are a few other people around who know how to do
> > media types authoring.. Joar probably more than anyone. So pinging
> > on IRC still might be a good way to go.
> >
> > As I said, I'm taking this weekend as a "vacation" of sorts from
> > MediaGoblin hacking, but will be around to be more helpful next weekend.
> >
> > - Chris
> >
> >
> > Jorge Araya Navarro <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > Hello people!
> > >
> > > I want to add a couple of views for some media types (see bug #391), but
> > > this stuff of writing media views looks tricky and I want some mentoring
> > > on this issue.
> > >
> > > cheers!
> >
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> Yo!
>
> OK, my doubts are:
> * where should I place the files for new media types
> (project-mediagoblin/mediagoblin/media_types)?
> * what are the minimum files for a new media type (migrations.py
> models.py processing.py transcoders.py)?
> * what is the exact purpose of every python file for the new media
> type?
> * what should be imported on those files and why?
> * what should be done on html and statics files to make the media type
> available?
>
> with these simple questions maybe someone more experienced hacker can write a doc about the issue
> cheers!
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