From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sirgazil Subject: Re: Website page to track packaging progress Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 11:27:24 -0500 Message-ID: <170df057f81.f64a6ffe33029.8422642004410062266@zoho.com> References: <66ee6e57-e85c-6e09-f0b9-fcb07a93d451@posteo.ro> <023df6a9bb340ff3767bfc2b3502dc90@airmail.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jDW74-0000WL-Tp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2020 12:27:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jDW73-0005Ap-Ol for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2020 12:27:42 -0400 Received: from sender4-pp-o91.zoho.com ([136.143.188.91]:25137) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jDW73-0004zG-DT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Mar 2020 12:27:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" Cc: pinoaffe , brown121407 , guix-devel Hi, ---- On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 06:31:29 -0500 Alexandru-Sergiu Marton wrote ---- > > > > > so you want an extended version of > > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/Wishlist, or am I > > misunderstanding? I recently used that page to include a package, but, personally, I didn't like that I had to create an account (I don't have other uses for that account). > I didn't know that existed, thanks for bringing it into my attention. > > I would prefer, indeed, a version with more details such as the progress > and who is working on it. Also, it would be nice to have this in a more > visible place. Maybe on the Contribute page, in the Packages section or > on the Packages page itself? I think the issue tracker has the information you are looking for, and it should be advertised as the tool for package requests. Some advantages: * People don't have to create an account to send package requests. * It has search functionality. * You can see who's working on a package and find patches with work in progress. If the issue tracker were used for package requests, I guess these requests could be tagged (like easy issues http://issues.guix.gnu.org/easy). That way you could also point people to the current list of requested packages before they send a new request. As Alexandru-Sergiu, suggests, relevant pages in the website could be updated to make this information more visible. I could send a patch for this.