David Jensen wrote these words on 07/15/05 11:02 CST:
> Tushar Teredesai wrote:
>
>>Searching for the package is not as convinient as clicking on a link:)
>
> I agree, google isn't fun. If we can find a home or further
> information link we should provide it.
> Just to be complete, if for no o
Tushar Teredesai wrote:
On 7/14/05, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How hard is it for users to merely google for the package name and find
the freshmeat or other relevant locations?
Its not hard. But I suggested it coz I think of it as missing
functionality. Before installing
On 7/14/05, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tushar Teredesai wrote:
>
> > Anyways, I am not suggesting including the FM entries for download
> > locations, rather to point to the FM location in addition to the
> > download links that we have so that user's can get more information on
> >
Tushar Teredesai wrote:
> Anyways, I am not suggesting including the FM entries for download
> locations, rather to point to the FM location in addition to the
> download links that we have so that user's can get more information on
> the package.
I really don't want to add another link for appro
On 7/14/05, Archaic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 11:47:10AM -0500, Tushar Teredesai wrote:
> > I remember there was a discussion more than a year back about having a
> > link to the package home page and/or its freshmeat entry so as to make
> > it easier for users to get mor
On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 11:47:10AM -0500, Tushar Teredesai wrote:
> I remember there was a discussion more than a year back about having a
> link to the package home page and/or its freshmeat entry so as to make
> it easier for users to get more information on the package.
>
> I see that LFS has a
Tushar Teredesai wrote:
Also, I fail to see the advantage of having both a http download link
and a ftp download link for all packages. IMO, only one should be
mentioned (preferably http and if that is not available have the ftp
download location).
Why not? Having both links is good in case on
I remember there was a discussion more than a year back about having a
link to the package home page and/or its freshmeat entry so as to make
it easier for users to get more information on the package.
I see that LFS has already started pointing to the freshmeat entry. I
would like to propose to a
