From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thompson, David" Subject: Re: screenshot of the web interface to the GNU Guix package manager Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:07:57 -0400 Message-ID: References: <2v3l85r7oy0f49wn919rcuup8@onionmail.info> <87a8ftm48k.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33111) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bf77Q-0003an-Nh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:08:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bf77O-00013Y-Ku for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:07:59 -0400 Received: from mail-ua0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c08::229]:33674) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bf77O-00013M-F7 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:07:58 -0400 Received: by mail-ua0-x229.google.com with SMTP id l94so93742970ual.0 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:07:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87a8ftm48k.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> 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: ng0 Cc: guix-devel , knxrby@onionmail.info On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:56 AM, ng0 wrote: > Ricardo Wurmus writes: > >> knxrby@onionmail.info writes: >> >>> On https://git.dthompson.us/guix-web.git/blob/HEAD:/README.md >>> >>> there is a dead link to >>> http://media.dthompson.us/mgoblin_media/media_entries/20/Screenshot_fro= m_2014-08-13_180724.png >>> >>> - so no visible screenshot of the web interface to the GNU Guix package >>> manager here... >>> >>> >>> Does anyone have a screenshot maybe? Thx! >> >> You can see a running instance of Guix web at >> . >> >> It runs a slightly modified version of Dave=E2=80=99s code. >> >> ~~ Ricardo >> > > A good number of people have pointed out to me that our /packages page > crashes their browser or in general is really uncomfortable to load. > The impression would be better if we provided something which might not > be 100% done but at least does not crash/hang systems. > What's in the way to use guix-web instead of the listing we have? > Perfectionism and/or a lack of time? Pagination can be achieved without the use of a dynamic web application. I wouldn't recommend guix-web for this right now because it also loads slowly. Some dynamic thing with a search box would be cool in the future, but not now. The Guile source that generates the web pages is available and hackable, so it would be relatively easy for someone to break this list up in some sane fashion and send a patch. Any volunteers? - Dave