Bjorn Tillenius wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:45:19AM +0100, Muharem Hrnjadovic wrote: >> Bjorn Tillenius wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:44:40PM +0100, Muharem Hrnjadovic wrote: >>>> Hello Bjoern, >>>> >>>> the URIs we currently use for package sets are like >>>> >>>> '../package-sets/mozilla' >>>> >>>> Because package set names are only unique in combination with a distro >>>> series now the URIs will need to change to something like: >>>> >>>> '../package-sets/karmic/mozilla' >>>> >>>> or >>>> >>>> '../package-sets/mozilla/karmic' >>> Let's wait to discuss the implementation details. I'm a bit interested >>> in how a URL for a package set looks like. You said on IRC that you >> With the database schema changes that already landed on db-devel package >> set names cease to be unique globally i.e. a package set names are now >> only unique in combination with a distro series. >> >> That breaks the existing package set naming/traversal scheme. >> >>> decided to give package sets it's own top-level space. And looking at >>> the code, a URL path looks like: >>> >>> /package-set/desktop >>> >>> And with a distro series, it would be either >>> >>> /package-set/desktop/hoary >>> >>> or >>> >>> /package-set/hoary/desktop >> In order to fix the currently broken traversal scheme for package sets >> and have a working LP API after the roll-out on 04-Nov-2009 I will need >> to land a branch that adopts the URI structure above (e.g. >> /package-sets/karmic/kernel-packages) today. >> >> Having said that, I am wide open to discussing package set URI/traversal >> changes for the forthcoming LP developement cycle. > > Right, it makes sense to fix this to keep it working. However, it's > quite important to think about the URL structure, considering a few > basic use cases, before deciding what it should be. It sounds like we > definitely want to change it, and now you have the problem that people > will rely on the initial URL. Which means that you either have to make > sure that the old URL still works, or say "sorry guys, you're script > will break, and you will have to adjust them to work with the new URL > structure. The latter is quite hard to do, since you don't know who have > alrady written scripts that deal with package sets.
I guess we are a bit lucky this time. As far as I am aware only Colin
Watson has been using the package sets until now.
It seems we are all in violent agreement regarding the (new) package set
URL :) it shall be as follows:
/$distribution/$distroseries/+packageset/$packageset
e.g. "/ubuntu/karmic/+packages/mozilla"
Best regards
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