2008/9/29 Jud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> 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 Red - out-of-date 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 Yellow - out-of-date, new package in Testing 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 Orange - out-of-date, new package in Testing, bug report(s) 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 Purple/Magenta - out-of-date, bug report(s) outstanding 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 I'm sure we could do the "outdated, new package in testing" part 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 > "
oops, I knew that. See the short memory reference. =) > @ Dusty - What can "we" do to help you get this organised? > Pay me a salary. :-D As always, patches are welcome, but I don't even have time to integrate them right now. In a couple days I'll be taking some time to knock of some of the 'simple' requests I've let pile up (I've been on vacation). That will include this one and a few new mirror requests. I also need to either finish porting archweb to django 1.0 or starting a new design as discussed above. Dusty
