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.