On Saturday 01 October 2005 14:01, Daniel Stiefelmaier wrote: > I'd like to introduce two ideas i had to improve portage.
I haven't had an idea introduced to me that was new for at least a year.. Patches are more interesting. > sometimes i'd like to know something more about a package before i > emerge it. > > 1. release notes. (for the ebuild, not the application) > as a release notes file exists, a parameter could be used to show the > most recent entry. > maybe this fits "eix" better than "emerge" emerge --changelog ? > 2. advanced package info > most important here is an explanation of the available use flags. i know > there is a list of most flags (http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml) > but it is incomplete and doesnt explain some flags well. some have > different behaviour in different packages. > some flags are self-explanatory, but some are not. for example, the > "xprint" comment should say, that this is not necessary to print, and > under what circumstances it is needed. This should go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as ebuild developers are the ones that decide what USE flags are available and how they're documented. > also, the advanced could provide > - links to howto's (like configuring apache) This is out of the domain of a package in any package management system IMO. > - list packages that are of use for this (plugins or utilized apps like > cervisia that integrates in quanta plus) Do you mean finding packages that depend on that package in question? > - tell how to contact the ebuild maintainer metadata.xml. This information is printed out when using -vv in portage-2.1_alpha. > that led my to another idea: a wiki for all ebuilds in portage. > all the information could then be in the wiki, and eix/emerge just print > the wiki-link. > i'd suggest mediawiki, as it has a discussion page attached. > maybe the wiki itself can only be changed by developers, and feedback is > given on the discussion page. Personally, I hate most wikis. 9 times out of 10, they are full of half-correct information. This makes them all the more dangerous as the "average Joe" can't tell what's correct and what isn't. > just some ideas, maybe needing some development, i hope you find them > useful. :) Ideas are "a dime, a dozen". -- Jason Stubbs -- gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
