[arch-dev-public] Filename search for Arch

[Roman Kyrylych]

2008/1/23, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com>:
> 2008/1/23, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>:
> > On Jan 23, 2008 2:48 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > > Aaron Griffin schrieb:
> > > > Ah thanks, these examples help too. I honestly have never needed
> > > > something like -So, so I don't know the use cases
> > >
> > > I'd like to point out again that -So or something similar is one of the
> > > most requested features from users.
> >
> > That doesn't sound empirical. According to flyspray votes (the only
> > empirical evidence we have), signed packages are #1:
>
> Hey, votes for packages were introduced way after very demanded bugs were filed,
> so votes doesn't mean much for my opinion about bug's importance.
>
> > http://bugs.archlinux.org/index/proj3?project=3&do=index&order=votes&sort=desc&order2=&sort2=
> >
> > I agree it's requested a lot, but no more than, say, sqlite backends
> > and the like.
> >
> > Still, like Dan, I'm neutral. I don't care. But what I *do* care about
> > is json/xml parsing integration into pacman. I'm just going to say
> > "no" on that.
>
> Sure, no json/xml/yaml/etc. parsing in pacman. A separare script -
> maybe. /me shrugs.
> As for tarball consisting of all packages' filelists - it would be
> nice if the script could rsync it (like abs in future).
>

Heh, the last message in Repo filename search thread on arch-general
is interesting. :-)

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)