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On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 00:26, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> could be handled in a couple of ways: |
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> 1. a package you would emerge that would have a large database of descriptions |
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> ... not very good idea due to updating 1 package means a whole new d/l ... |
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> 2. a package that would query a remote gentoo server via http or something |
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> 3. another file for all packages to be added to cvs ... say 'Info' or 'About' |
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> or something similar ... i would rather not see it go into the ebuild ;) |
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> <[Eazy|E]> is there a way to get an info about the package, the info like the |
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> freshmeat.net gives out ? |
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We had this discussion on gentoo-dev exactly a month ago, but as far as |
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I know it didn't come to anything conclusive. The messages are in marc, |
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although it is not the world's best mailing list archive, you can get |
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the gist of the discussion: |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gentoo-dev&w=2&r=1&s=horrible+package+descriptions&q=b |
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I believe Seemant was suggesting some integration with freshmeat's |
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database using something called pdsst (?). We just need some mapping |
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from gentoo package name to freshmeat package name, and then some way to |
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fill in the void. Although all talk no code makes my point rather |
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ineffective. So I'll shut up :) |
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Cheers, |
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Alastair 'liquidx' Tse |
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