On 1/13/07, Max Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > some questions/things: > > 1) I just noticed that <http://pdb.finkproject.org/> yields an empty > page. Couldn't this be made to redirect to <http:// > pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/> ? > > > 2) Would somebody mind if I changed the PDB package page (i.e. > package.php) to put the description inside a <pre> field? This way, > descriptions that use formatting (like <http://pdb.finkproject.org/ > pdb/package.php/advancecomp>) would be rendered correctly. Given that > we limit the width of the Desc* fields, this shouldn't cause any > serious problems, I believe. > > > 3) Also, I was wondering... wouldn't it be nice to have a somewhat > more powerful PDB? In particular, having a browse.php which allows to > list all packages (like list.php now does), but you can impose > restrictions: Pick a distribution, pick a tree (stable, unstable, > testing), choose a maintainer (free form field is sufficient, > really), and a category, and whether you are only interested in > binary packages or not -- or any combination of these. So it would > combine the functionality of section.php testing.php, list.php, > maintainer.php. > Is anybody working on something like this? Should I file a feature > request, and start working on it? Am I missing something fundamental? > Is the earth a disc or a ball? > > Bye, > Max >
It's a disc on the back of a giant turtle. :-) I believe D. Macks has been the primary person to play around with the PDB of late. -- Alexander K. Hansen (akh) Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
