From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: Publishing news about Guix on a weekly basis Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 05:48:49 -0600 Message-ID: <20191105114849.3kqgeksu2lfiayhi@thebird.nl> References: <87h83lywwx.fsf@cbaines.net> <20191104124413.2oleneh4pd6e3a3v@thebird.nl> <87d0e6zplt.fsf@cbaines.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50220) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iRxQB-0004g1-Fq for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:54:52 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iRxQA-0002Bh-4j for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:54:51 -0500 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([94.142.245.5]:41446) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iRxQ9-0002BN-Uw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2019 06:54:50 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87d0e6zplt.fsf@cbaines.net> 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.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Christopher Baines Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 08:36:46AM +0000, Christopher Baines wrote: > > Not only good for humans, also good for search engines. I find the > > current package list https://guix.gnu.org/packages/ pretty useful, but > > I would like a search function because one keeps clicking to find a > > certain package. > > So as Pierre points out, there is the Guix-HPC package search. The Guix > Data Service also contains a search function (e.g. [3]). > > 3: http://data.guix.gnu.org/repository/1/branch/master/latest-processed-revision/packages A typical user won't find that. > If there's a need to keep the website as static content, maybe the > JavaScript approach used by the Guix-HPC site could be used on the Guix > Website. It should also be possible to use the Guix Data Service > information for a search feature. > > Otherwise, maybe there could be a search box on the Guix Website, but it > links to packages.guix.gnu.org, which is a package search service (which > doesn't have to be part of the static website). > > > May also be an idea to provide links throught the guix CLI, such as > > > > https://guix.gnu.org/packages/alsa-lib-1.1.9/ > > What were you thinking people might use this for? Speaking for myself: I would use it to go to CI. We do have additional information in that way. But yeah. Pj.