[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Package Colours - better visual information

raca raca at algohumano.net
Mon Sep 29 18:40:36 EDT 2008


Nice idea but I just to give some tip, simple is better. I think the
colours even seeming logical are too many. And black for OK I don't
think that is intuitive.

> >>>  Package Colours - 6 Major states of a Package
> >>>  -----------------------------------------------
> >>>  Black - latest version, all ok
> >>>
> >>>  Blue - latest version, bug report(s) outstanding
> >>>
> >>>  Red - out-of-date
> >>>
> >>>  Yellow - out-of-date, new package in Testing
> >>>
> >>>  Orange - out-of-date, new package in Testing, bug report(s)
> >>> outstanding
> >>>
> >>>  Purple/Magenta - out-of-date, bug report(s) outstanding

I would suggest only three colours (background colour, grey font): 
->Green - latest version, all ok
->Yellow - Out-of-date
->Red - Too many bugs, or non-functional at the moment (non-functional
would be a tag for TU and so could give)

cheers, raca






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