From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Isaac Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: list-packages: Marking packages as Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 16:24:48 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87bolmj37w.fsf@destructor.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <81bolgxtku.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1337802635 13271 80.91.229.3 (23 May 2012 19:50:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 19:50:35 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 23 21:50:32 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SXHZe-0003ew-SG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 May 2012 21:50:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38509 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXHZe-0007lF-Cz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 May 2012 15:50:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33127) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXHZc-0007l7-0u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 May 2012 15:50:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXHZa-0001A1-90 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 May 2012 15:50:19 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:44563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SXHZa-00019I-2C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 May 2012 15:50:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SXHZO-0002md-4N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 May 2012 21:50:06 +0200 Original-Received: from jx.mskcc.org ([140.163.0.5]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 May 2012 21:50:06 +0200 Original-Received: from isaacpei by jx.mskcc.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 May 2012 21:50:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 140.163.0.5 (Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.64) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:150621 Archived-At: Jambunathan K gmail.com> writes: > > > > Enabling users to add a tag would be the most flexible approach. > > I think the same, tag/keyboard/labels should work well > ps: > > I only wish that timestamps that I see in the below listing > > http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/?C=M;O=D > > give an idea of when a *particular* package was created/modified as > opposed to when the package *tar* was published. Save for Org, all > packages have "05-May-2012" has modified date. This is not that helpful > for discovery. For example, I would have liked to know when 'csv-mode' > made it's debut. One thought is something like the ubuntu store (or vim user feedback) where a grade can be assigned by user. I often found myself trying to find 'good reviewed' software before trying something out. Instead of using category, we may think of using keywords (labels etc)... a wild idea would be something like delicious.com, where keywords are contributed socially ...