But to do that, you have to download all the configurations? Today they are not downloaded...
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected] > wrote: > Each configuration can have just a specific message #projectDescription or > whatever (a method and a pragma) that just answers that.... > > > On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:40 PM, GOUBIER Thierry <[email protected]>wrote: > >> A naive proposition : >> >> Use a comment in the header of the mcz of the configuration (or whatever >> appropriate metadata about one of the file of the mcz) so that the >> description of the package (a configuration is a package, right?) can be >> retrieved without loading the zip in complete. >> >> In the same way when opening a package repository, you can get the last >> commit release ? >> >> Equivalent approaches could then be designed for other formats than the >> mcz. >> >> Thierry >> ________________________________________ >> De : [email protected] [ >> [email protected]] de la part de Esteban >> Lorenzano [[email protected]] >> Date d'envoi : samedi 4 août 2012 14:20 >> À : [email protected] >> Objet : Re: [Pharo-project] RE : Configuration Browser feedback >> >> Yes, that would be a good addition, but sadly is not so easy... if you >> have an idea of how to implement it, I would be happy to introduce it :) >> >> Cheers, >> Esteban >> >> On Aug 4, 2012, at 2:06 PM, GOUBIER Thierry <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > +100 on the configuration description ! >> > >> > Thierry >> > ________________________________________ >> > De : [email protected] [ >> [email protected]] de la part de Ben Coman >> [[email protected]] >> > Date d'envoi : samedi 4 août 2012 13:14 >> > À : [email protected] >> > Objet : [Pharo-project] Configuration Browser feedback >> > >> > Just thinking that the second tab of the Configuration Browser being >> > called "Untrusted" is a bit harsh and not really socially engaging. >> > "Community" has a better feel to me. >> > And perhaps not "Configurations" for the first tab either, since both >> > tabs are configurations. Perhaps "Core" or "Supported" or "Vetted" or >> > "Gold" or something similar. >> > >> > Also, what would be really fantastic would be some description of each >> > configuration being displayed in a pane on the right hand side. There >> > are A LOT of configurations listed there - which is great - but I don't >> > feel inclined to go looking up every single one to see if they interest >> > me. Sometimes what gets people interested in trying out new things is >> > that it just catches their eye in casual browsing. >> > >> > I guess a pre-requisite of that would be the ConfigurationOf file >> > containing such a description, as well as perhaps something on the back >> > end server that caches those descriptions into one file. >> > >> > cheers -ben >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Mariano > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com > >
