Shipping package metadata in a package

[Richard Hughes]

On 24 January 2014 14:10, Simo Sorce <simo at redhat.com> wrote:
> Does it need all the data upfront ?

That's a good question. Not much at all just to show the overview page.

> Maybe you can have a small place with initial metadata that contains a
> subset of the packages and is quick to download so you can show
> something then in the background start downloading the real full
> metadata and update the UI as data comes in ?

I'll have a play with this and see how complicated it is. All the UI
elements can update when the data is changed, so it certainly should
be possible. Thanks!

Richard.