On 12/23/08 12:13, Shawn Walker wrote: > michelle olson wrote: > >> Shawn Walker wrote:>> While we plan on linking to all of the package >> repositories that we >> >>> (directly or indirectly) manage, there are going to be many community >>> repositories that for various reasons we don't plan on linking to. >>> >>> Furthemore, a page which lists all of the available repositories, what >>> they contain, etc. is still needed. >>> >>> >> A page which lists all of the available repositories exists and we link >> to it from the front page 'Contribute a Package' page in the >> left-navigation menu. This landing page is new (last month), so I'm open >> to any/all changes to it and its title to address your requirements: >> >> http://opensolaris.org/os/package/ >> > > Contribute a Package isn't where I would look (personally) for a list of > available package repositories.
I've changed the title to 'Get More Packages', let me know what you think. > The page you linked to above is > specifically targeted at users contributing packages, instead of a > providing short summary of available package repositories. It's great > for its target audience, but we probably need something separate for > other users. > I've added content to the /os/package page that lists the pkg repos, descriptions, and commands for setting authority, let me know if this meets your requirements. > Maybe a new section above "Contribute a Package" and a new link to that > page would work? > I'd prefer not to create an additional page and link for this if we can avoid it. Please send along the community repos, locations and descriptions that we should add to the page and I'll get them incorporated. Regards, Michelle > >> However, as a user myself, I admit to finding out about lifewithsolaris >> on a mailing list and would agree that if Package Manager can't yet >> suggest to me alternate repos, we might improve the experience by adding >> this information to a web page. But, I don't think we should regard web >> pages as a real solution. >> > > Neither packagemanager nor pkg(1) can yet suggest alternate > repositories. That's functionality we're researching and hope to > provide in the future, but until then, we heavily rely on the website to > provide more information. > > Thanks for your feedback, > _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
