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[[!comment format=mdwn
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username="Gastlag"
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subject="Is xmpp the problem ?"
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date="2015-10-30T10:42:06Z"
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content="""
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Hello,
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I was wondering why assistant \"is increasingly rarely used\" ?
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if you look the different item of the survey http://git-annex-survey.branchable.com/polls/2015/, yes 53% of people said \"I use the assistant, but without XMPP\"
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And \"missing ports\" :
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- \"I'm good -- git-annex runs on my OSes of choice! (43%)\"
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- \"Windows (13%)\"
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- Android (6%)
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But if you look other anwsers you see
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- \"using with\" :
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- by myself (59%)
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- by myself so far but I hope to get others using my repository (28%)
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And :
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- \"Pick the operating system which you use git-annex on the most.\" :
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- \"Linux (78%)\"
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- \"OSX (13%)\"
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Further more \"blocking problems\" :
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- too hard to install (4%)
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- too hard to use (7%)
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- not good enough documentation (16%)
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- The only use for the assistant would be in combination with a good, native, fully automagic Android version which includes some sort of native UI (16%)
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- I use the command line, and **find it difficult to show others** how to use the git-annex assistant (12%)
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- The lack of selective file sync (ie, git annex get and git annex drop) is what prevents me from using the Assistant (5%)
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And \"focus\" :
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- make it easier for nontechnical users (25%)
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I think remove xmpp is a bad idea because as you say it's enable \"Friend discovery and easy sharing of git repo to friends.\" and there is already a lot of people who use xmpp and XMPP address are user friendly because close to email adress. And the main problem seems to be that git-annex assistant still too hard to use and not usable on the platform where users are : windows.
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The main problem is that git-annex is still not ready for users. It have too reach other people than \"hardcore linux users\" to be a social tool and remove xmpp may not be the good solution.
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"""]]
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