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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