Hi Ben! I agree with you! We are currently working on a manifesto browser that will include this information per package, and much more (e.g,. List of authors, associated lint rules)
You can have a look at it if you wish. It is ManifestoBrowser from the ss3.gemstone.com forge Cheers, Alexandre Le 10 nov. 2011 à 07:36, Ben Coman <[email protected]> a écrit : > greetings all, > > Some hopefully constructive feedback as from a newbie perusing Monticello > Browser in Pharo 1.3. > On the left-side there are a of packages listed and I don't know what any of > them do. On the right-side is list a few repositories with a lot of white > space beneath. What do you think of splitting the right-side horizontally to > include a description of the package? > This could include: > 1. a textual description > 2. a link to a web page for the package, which could be an authors home page > or a wiki page > 3. display of the linked web page within the Monticello Browser > > This is just something I would find useful as I explored the system. > Actually, it just occurred to me that the listed packages are delivered as an > integral part of Pharo 1.3 system. I see that some of them are marked with a > star and I wonder what that means. I did read the PBE Monticello chapter a > while ago but its been awhile since I used Pharo and it didn't stick. It is > a pain searching for the description in PBE again - and a scan of this > escription seems more about using Monticello as a developer than a newbie > exploring the system. I want to get familiar with the system by exploring it > and my feeling of confidence depends on easily understanding the questions > that arise as I am flipping through thing. > > Any thoughts for having a help button on the Monticello Browser with "user" > oriented information? > > cheers, > BenComan >
