Op zaterdag 25 december 2010 12:02:18 schreef andre999: > Maarten Vanraes a écrit : > > Op zaterdag 25 december 2010 10:18:17 schreef andre999: > >> Maarten Vanraes a écrit : > >>> Op donderdag 23 december 2010 22:23:56 schreef Ahmad Samir: > >>>> On 23 December 2010 22:01, Samuel Verschelde<sto...@laposte.net> wrote: > >>>>> I remember some years ago you could choose the exact version of the > >>>>> package for which you reported a bug, from a list. I agree that > >>>>> improving the UI side helpers could be useful. > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> > >>>>> Samuel Verschelde > >>>> > >>>> As was said by dmorgan, listing each SRPM slowed down bugzilla a lot; > >>>> the distro has a lot of SRPMS... > >>> > >>> an ajax search is better; it doesn't add much and only gets searched if > >>> you enter at least 2 chars, or something like that. > >>> > >>> if such an ajax is wanted, i can write that if i can use app-mageia-db > >>> or similar as a list. > >> > >> OK, I did a little search on Ajax, and I think that I understand now. > >> It seems that you're proposing autocompletion on the text typed in the > >> field - and only matches will be downloaded. > >> But if it starts with 2 characters, there could be still 1000's of names > >> downloaded. > >> I would suggest that we would need at least 5 characters to restrict the > >> names downloaded to a reasonable number. > >> > >> Also, there is another factor. If we are looking for srpm names, but > >> the user enters binary rpm names, there will not necessarily be a match, > >> particularly if the srpm results in more than one binary rpm. > >> So in some cases this will not work. > >> > >> But I have another idea. > >> Maybe we could have separate (binary) rpm and srpm fields. > >> There is a button on the page, which will invoke the command to give the > >> srpms associated with the binary rpms. > >> Would this be workable ? > >> Something that would execute > >> > >> $ rpm -q --qf '{sourcerpm}' {pkg-name} > >> > >> and would automatically enter the result in the srpm field, or at least > >> display it so it could be typed in. > >> > >> Of course, this would have to be done by the user experiencing the > >> problems, to ensure having the correct version. > >> We would also have to deal with the cases where more than one rpm has > >> the bug. > >> > >> If we can automate this, we can dispense with the potential problems > >> associated with a list of srpms. And it would be (at least somewhat) > >> more efficient both server and client side, as well. > >> > >> Just an idea > >> > >> André > > > > this is no more than sort of TAB completion on the urpmi commands. > > That part I understand. > Only these values will be downloaded, so some online traffic. > > > averagely 2 characters have ~600 possibilities; meaning that 2 chars give > > average 25 srpm results. in practice this can be 150 results or something > > Your numbers are right. Obviously I had one too many zeros. > > > consider also the fact that these are src.rpm , so huge lib**** and the > > fact that we won't be starting with everything... > > I was thinking of lib*, which is why I said more than 3 characters. > > > imho instead of destroying an idea you don't know much about; why don't i > > implement it and then you can evaluate if it's bad or not. > > Actually, I was trying brainstorming. We all know that such ideas don't > necessarily lead anywhere. > It is certain that your idea is a lot better than it first appeared.
yeah, sorry, i (and misc) just am trying to suggest an idea that gets broken off by people who don't even seem to get it; coupled with less sleep and my cranky, i could've worded it better > However, invoking the rpm command has certain advantages. > Most importantly, if done on the system of the user finding the bug, it > reports exactly the correct version of the srpm. > > For example, on my system, if I type in the console exactly : > > rpm -q --qf '%{sourcerpm}' binutils > > _without_ the version, it returns : > > binutils-2.19.51.0.2-1mnb2.src.rpm > > _with_ the version, which is exactly what we want. > > So I have a suggestion. > With your Ajax skills, I imagine that you would be capable of setting a > button which automatically invokes that command on a binary rpm field, > to fill a srpm field ? > Could you try that as well ? > If it works, then I think we would have a better solution. i'm not certain that is required, iirc, the command to find this stuff is out there; and the info can be found on mageia-app-db i think. however, if it isn't a src.rpm but a perfect match for a binary rpm, i guess we could return the src.rpm instead. > I could try it, but my html/javascript skills are quite limited. > Just a suggestion. > > Regards > > André