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On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 22:27 +0100, Michael Seifert wrote: |
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> Am 23.03.2011 14:49, schrieb Donnie Berkholz: |
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> > On 23:30 Tue 22 Mar , Brian Dolbec wrote: |
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> >> On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 01:09 +0100, Michael Seifert wrote: |
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> >>> I agree that a web-based querying tool/platform would be important. |
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> > I don't think it's critical to the project at all, for it to be useful |
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> > to Gentoo developers. As a dev myself, I typically avoid things that |
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> > require me to go to websites because it just takes longer. I use CLI |
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> > interfaces to bugzilla, I read mailing lists and use text editors in a |
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> > terminal, etc. |
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> > I'd like a simple CLI tool that just goes and grabs me the info about a |
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> > given package, or shows me overall rankings for certain sets of packages |
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> > (depending on specified queries). Perhaps a web-service (using REST or |
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> > SOAP) would be more interesting to implement than an actual UI. Then |
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> > anyone could tack a web-based UI on later. |
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> > Sure, a webapp might be nice for users, and perhaps for a few devs, but |
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> > you could definitely propose a complete project without it. |
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> A web-service without UI sounds like good compromise to me :) |
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> What I find a nice idea is that package maintainers can query users to |
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> get feedback, as Brian suggested. However the extent of how much the |
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> users are bothered should be measured carefully. Nobody wants annoying |
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> popups to ask repeatedly about things you don't care much. |
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That can be easily configured in a users preferences both globally and |
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pkg specific. |
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> Does anyone think that some advanced statistics are appreciated, for |
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> example calculating package trends or determining correlations? |
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Let me quote some of my original reply that seems to have been |
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missed/forgotten: |
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Most of the devs are cli die hards, so a simple command |
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line interface to query the central database should be primary. I |
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believe it would be more widely used for the ebuilds they maintain. A |
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browser could be used to connect to it and get graphs, etc. for more |
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elaborate info displays. |
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Brian Dolbec <brian.dolbec@×××××.com> |