Each configuration can have just a specific message #projectDescription or whatever (a method and a pragma) that just answers that....
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:40 PM, GOUBIER Thierry <[email protected]>wrote: > A naive proposition : > > Use a comment in the header of the mcz of the configuration (or whatever > appropriate metadata about one of the file of the mcz) so that the > description of the package (a configuration is a package, right?) can be > retrieved without loading the zip in complete. > > In the same way when opening a package repository, you can get the last > commit release ? > > Equivalent approaches could then be designed for other formats than the > mcz. > > Thierry > ________________________________________ > De : [email protected] [ > [email protected]] de la part de Esteban > Lorenzano [[email protected]] > Date d'envoi : samedi 4 août 2012 14:20 > À : [email protected] > Objet : Re: [Pharo-project] RE : Configuration Browser feedback > > Yes, that would be a good addition, but sadly is not so easy... if you > have an idea of how to implement it, I would be happy to introduce it :) > > Cheers, > Esteban > > On Aug 4, 2012, at 2:06 PM, GOUBIER Thierry <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > +100 on the configuration description ! > > > > Thierry > > ________________________________________ > > De : [email protected] [ > [email protected]] de la part de Ben Coman > [[email protected]] > > Date d'envoi : samedi 4 août 2012 13:14 > > À : [email protected] > > Objet : [Pharo-project] Configuration Browser feedback > > > > Just thinking that the second tab of the Configuration Browser being > > called "Untrusted" is a bit harsh and not really socially engaging. > > "Community" has a better feel to me. > > And perhaps not "Configurations" for the first tab either, since both > > tabs are configurations. Perhaps "Core" or "Supported" or "Vetted" or > > "Gold" or something similar. > > > > Also, what would be really fantastic would be some description of each > > configuration being displayed in a pane on the right hand side. There > > are A LOT of configurations listed there - which is great - but I don't > > feel inclined to go looking up every single one to see if they interest > > me. Sometimes what gets people interested in trying out new things is > > that it just catches their eye in casual browsing. > > > > I guess a pre-requisite of that would be the ConfigurationOf file > > containing such a description, as well as perhaps something on the back > > end server that caches those descriptions into one file. > > > > cheers -ben > > > > > > > > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
