Perhaps the space/time/work requirements make it inadvisable, but it's nice to be able to investigate a release's packages from any web browser, even from a different release or from a non-debian system.
Being able to view a package's "control" file (or information extracted from it) would make it easier to answer questions like "if I decide to install this package will I have to remove something else"? If we're doing related work anyway, I think we should consider it. So, who's doing the work on this (improved availability and timeliness of changelogs, etc.), and how can I help? "James A. Treacy" wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 03:06:02AM +0000, David Coe wrote: > > > > Nice idea. It would be nice (in my opinion) to have the > > debian/control files available that way, too (because > > the Conflicts: apparently don't show up on the package's > > web page). > > Can you tell me why this information should be on the page? > This is handled much better by the packaging management > tools that come with Debian. Also, only a few people are > interested in that information. I'd rather keep the > pages as short and simple as possible so newbies aren't > intimidated. BTW, the pages already take up 15MB. ... > If you want to help with the web site, subscribe to > debian-www and see what's going on. I'm here; thanks.
