> 2008/9/29 Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>: > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Giovanni Scafora <linuxmania at > > gmail.com> wrote: > >> 2008/9/28, Jud <jud at judfilm.net>: > >>> I had an idea to improve the information provided to the user and > >>> indicate a clearer picture of the status of a Package via the > >>> website. > >>> > >>> Package Colours - 6 Major states of a Package > >>> ----------------------------------------------- > >>> Black - latest version, all ok > >>> > >>> Blue - latest version, bug report(s) outstanding > >>> > >>> Red - out-of-date > >>> > >>> Yellow - out-of-date, new package in Testing > >>> > >>> Orange - out-of-date, new package in Testing, bug report(s) > >>> outstanding > >>> > >>> Purple/Magenta - out-of-date, bug report(s) outstanding > >> > >> It would be a good idea. > >> +1 > > > > It's a nice idea, but the "outstanding bugs" part would be difficult > > for us, as Flyspray is not integrated into the system... > > I'm sure we could do the "outdated, new package in testing" part > > though. Dusty? Would this be a lot of work? > > Excepting the flyspray integration it shouldn't be too much work to do > it hackishly, but to do it properly would be a bit of a chore. > Currently there isn't much of a connection between packages in core > and packages in testing, since testing is just another repo. My head > keeps bouncing around ideas for redesigning the web package models to > support more of a 'workflow' style that would support this and some of > Jud's other ideas more intuitively, but right now I need to find some > way to get the time for this. > > I'm also getting fired up about creating a new bug tracker that > integrates with the package system that would make some of this other > stuff more trivial. I don't much like flyspray and this would be a > good start for some of my other plans. But again, I need to rearrange > my life so I can take more time for these things first. > > In the meantime, Jud, can you file a bug report for this so I don't > forget it. My memory is getting shorter and shorter these days. > > Dusty
This part was cut off all the replies: " I'm not picky about the colours as long as it seems logical. Also, I have filed this as a feature request: FS#11604 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11604 " @ Dusty - What can "we" do to help you get this organised?
