[aur-dev] [PATCH] FS#3542 - auto redirect from confirmation screens

[Loui Chang]

On Sat 31 Jul 2010 21:10 +0200, Dan Vratil wrote:
> On Saturday 31 July 2010 18:26:59 Loui Chang wrote:
> > On Sat 31 Jul 2010 17:54 +0200, Dan Vratil wrote:
> > > this patch is adding meta refresh tag and a link back to the package
> > > page from the screens that confirm comment deletion and change of
> > > package category.
> > > 
> > > The link is displayed always, but the autoredirection is done only
> > > when the action was sucessfull. This allows user to read or note down
> > > a possible error output in case of failure.
> > > 
> > > The delay for refresh is set to 5 seconds, but that can be discussed.
> > 
> > This isn't consistent with the way the other 'redirection' is performed.
> > It would be preferable to just load on the package page with a message
> > at the top saying that the comment was deleted.
> > 
> > Please have a look at how flagging, orphaning, and adopting work.
> > It probably will take more effort to implement, but it's the proper
> > solution that will work with all web browsers.
> > 
> > Thanks for you contributions!
> 
> Sure, I thought it won't be that easy :) 
> 
> I've finished deleting comments and now I'm thinking about where to
> put the code for the form for changing the package category and I got
> an idea, that the best solution would be to replace the link with the
> current category name by a combobox with list of categories and the
> text "(change category)" by a button with the same text that would
> submit the new category directly. This would also allow me to remove
> the pkgedit.php script entirely.
> 
> What do you think about? I don't want to make such a big change in layout 
> without permission :)

Sounds like a good idea to me.