Pkgdb update and infrastructure freeze
Luke Macken
lmacken at redhat.com
Sun Mar 21 18:08:02 UTC 2010
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 01:54:10PM -0400, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> Things that are known:
>
> * maxamillion's firefox search plugin currently doesn't work. We're looking
> at changing pkgdb search parameters so that it can work again.
> * some non-pkgdb code is broken by the update. These should be ported to
> python-fedora or you can ask me for hints on updating the minimum
> necessary to get them working for now.
> * UI for search is confusing. (for example, entering a package name in the
> search box on the front page and hitting enter will do an application
> search which likely won't return any matches. Clicking the packages button
> should work.) We're trying to figure out a way to remedy that but if you
> have ideas feel free to give them to me. This likely won't be fixed
> before F-13 releases.
> * Currently only showing ix86 and noarch packages to download and install.
> This is a problem in the import script. We'll likely hotpatch it when we
> figure out the fix for it.
> * No way to add tags and comments on binary packages. Not all packages are
> Applications (currently just the packages that have a .desktop file). The
> pkgdb database knows about tags and comments on binary packages but
> there's no way to add these in the WebUI; only to packages that have
> Applications. Adding UI for this is likely to be a post-F-13 update.
* This pkgdb update completely broke Fedora Community's PkgdbConnector,
thus the majory of Fedora Community is now broken.
luke
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