Comments on: new packages site: znurt.org

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:18:34 +0000

Ah thanks, fixed.

By: Jens

Jens — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:19:58 +0000

Thank you so much! It's true I got used to equery and friends in absence of the search feature of the package site, but this is so much smarter!

By: Anders

Anders — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:38:32 +0000

The site looks really great! But it seems that it's something wrong with USE Flags, for example searching for gentoo-sources and clicking Use Flags gives me the bug list. It works if I use gentoo-sources instead or if I open the Use Flags link in a new window/tab.

By: ph

ph — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:13:34 +0000

1. Ok, I can see the problem, not every project has domain.com/logo.ext.
On the other hand, Diego/flameeyes is building a lot(everything?) on his tinderbox, maybe he could share his /usr/share/icons.

2. Well, it's not really a 'desire'. Personally I hate overlays and still pray for a git- or hg-based portage where overlays could be realised as branches. So it's more about circumventing the problem and not that I really want it

3. well, take your time, no need to go fast.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:08:17 +0000

1) Well, that one's probably going to get ignored because it can't be automated. I don't think I'm really willing to go out and find them myself, either, and maintain their update. I could crowdsource it, but I don't want to be on the end of verifying all the images, either. 2) Overlays are really tricky because the way I access the portage details right now is through the metadata cache. Overlays provide, by default, just the ebuilds themselves, which is only half the information I need. I might be able to generate the cache locally though -- I haven't tried, tbh. Either way, it's one of those ideas that have floated around my head, and I probably wouldn't pursue it unless there was user interest. So far, you're only the second person to ask for it, so it doesn't seem like a huge desire. 3) The code is already all in SVN, I just need to setup trac to access it. Server maintenance -- especially when it comes to *my* servers -- is usually the lowest task on my list, and I tend to avoid them for a while. I'll get around to it, though. It needs to be out there.

By: ph

ph — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:24:16 +0000

1. yes, exactly. Recognizing images is usually faster than reading text.

2. thanks for consideration.

3. no problem, just thought of building i.e. a webmin module out of it, which could also handle de/installation or show packagestatuses of all systems in the network. Yes, it's a rather long way, but would be nice

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:11:11 +0000

Sure, fixed.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:10:50 +0000

Hopefully. That's a goal.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:10:36 +0000

1) corresponding logo? you mean from upstream, or what?

2) eventually, thats the idea. It's a pretty tall order though.

3) that's a work in progress, really low priority though.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:09:41 +0000

Yah, that was actually a typo on their part .. the original name was Znurt.

By: BonezTheGoon

BonezTheGoon — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:41:12 +0000

Thanks! The site looks great, the search is amazing! Best Gentoo packages site I've ever had the privilege of using! I really appreciate your work on this!

By: Johann

Johann — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:33:33 +0000

Great Work!

Could you please add a

a { outline:none; }

to the CSS to remove the red outline around the link in the header?

By: Henrique Rodrigues

Henrique Rodrigues — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:36:39 +0000

The website looks very good. Here's a couple of suggestions, though, because I think that the red gives too much color to the site and hurts my eyes:

1. I would change the red in "sort by platform" to the dark blue used in the package names.

2. In the links, I would use the default blue instead of red.

3. I would change the red to the dark blue in the search field, in the list buttons and in the "recent changes".

But this is only my opinion. It is also my opinion that this is the most beautiful Gentoo packages site ever.

Another suggestion, feature wise, is to create new feeds so that we can follow the packages of certain arches, like http://gentoo-portage.com has. Example: http://gentoo-portage.com/Newest/ppc

By: marens

marens — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:29:39 +0000

Will it finally replace packages.gentoo.org?

By: ph

ph — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:39:15 +0000

pretty damn sweet, took a long time, but it's worth it

some suggestions:
1. in the purple headers, containing the apps-name, what about adding the corresponding logo if available?

2. maybe include some overlays(at least sunrise)?

3. give us the code, please :p

By: techstrike

techstrike — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:35:01 +0000

Excellent work; has a good look and feel... bookmarked!

By: constantine

constantine — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:26:14 +0000

oh noes! larry is flying Oo
hey looks pretty damn good ! great work xD

By: uep

uep — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:09:09 +0000

yay, search!

By: didumos

didumos — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:04:28 +0000

It looks awesome and has so many great features. I particularly like the list of deps and reverse-deps for each package.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:59:03 +0000

But he's Knurt the Flying Saucer, not Znurt!

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22knurt+the+flying+saucer%22