[arch-general] More urls in PKGBUILD or on package details page
Hi All, what if we add somehow direct links to "report upstream bug" and may be link for easier checking new version (RSS link, sf.net/project/..., another download page or something else)? I think direct link to upstream bugtracker should be usefull.
On 9 August 2011 02:27, Sergej Pupykin <ml@sergej.pp.ru> wrote:
Hi All,
what if we add somehow direct links to "report upstream bug" and may be link for easier checking new version (RSS link, sf.net/project/..., another download page or something else)?
I think direct link to upstream bugtracker should be usefull.
I agree. But how is it going to be implemented? It does require some manual work, as in you can't dynamically, say, parse it from the main URL, obviously. So the only way I see this being workable is to add another (non-makepkg; with a leading underscore) variable or two (for RSS). Can be implemented in AUR as well. -- GPG/PGP ID: 8AADBB10
On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 10:27:29PM +0400, Sergej Pupykin wrote:
Hi All,
what if we add somehow direct links to "report upstream bug" and may be link for easier checking new version (RSS link, sf.net/project/..., another download page or something else)?
I think direct link to upstream bugtracker should be usefull.
Who will manage these links? There isn't any PKGBUILD field that allows for fetching the location of the upstream bug tracker, so we would need an extra form/field and add this information via archweb (or some other interface).
On 08.08.2011 22:42, Lukas Fleischer wrote:
On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 10:27:29PM +0400, Sergej Pupykin wrote:
I think direct link to upstream bugtracker should be usefull. Who will manage these links? There isn't any PKGBUILD field that allows for fetching the location of the upstream bug tracker, so we would need an extra form/field and add this information via archweb (or some other interface). May be add bugsurl="..." to PKGBUILD
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Sergej Pupykin <ml@sergej.pp.ru> wrote:
May be add bugsurl="..." to PKGBUILD
O_O -1 from me, such a feature would be... kinda out of place and confusing for new users. And usually bug trackers are linked directly on a project's main site, so that would save like 1 click for many cases. I'd rather start a distinct database on such links and hook it up to world with a simple php script.
On 09.08.2011 02:52, Martti Kühne wrote:
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Sergej Pupykin<ml@sergej.pp.ru> wrote:
May be add bugsurl="..." to PKGBUILD
O_O
-1 from me, such a feature would be... kinda out of place and confusing for new users. And usually bug trackers are linked directly on a project's main site, so that would save like 1 click for many cases. I'd rather start a distinct database on such links and hook it up to world with a simple php script.
May be it was bad thought. There is the freshmeat.net which does the same)
On 9 August 2011 06:52, Martti Kühne <mysatyre@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Sergej Pupykin <ml@sergej.pp.ru> wrote:
May be add bugsurl="..." to PKGBUILD
O_O
-1 from me, such a feature would be... kinda out of place and confusing for new users. And usually bug trackers are linked directly on a project's main site, so that would save like 1 click for many cases. I'd rather start a distinct database on such links and hook it up to world with a simple php script.
How and where would this be confusing? The information on the package details page? Say for eg. http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/mplayer/ I see this as "Upstream Tracker" below "Upstream URL". I don't see how that can be out of place. The RSS may not be shown but would allow a maintainer to receive notifications about upstream changes just from an adopt + get notification action. -- GPG/PGP ID: 8AADBB10
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Lukas Fleischer
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Martti Kühne
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Ray Rashif
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Sergej Pupykin