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Kyle Brown | 10 Mar 2011 21:00
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Idea for slackbuilds.org

I have an idea that I would like to pass to slackbuilds.org for 
consideration:

I believe it would be emmensely useful to have a short description 
displayed when browsing each of the slackbuilds.org directories.

Currently only "Name", "Version", "Updated On" are displayed in the lists.

I believe changing this to "Name",**"Description"**,"Version","Updated 
On" would be very helpful.

Many times I come looking for slackbuild ready software at 
slackbuilds.org but I always have to go click on each link to see what 
the software is.  It would be nice to be able to just scroll through and 
read a short discription on what the slackbuild/software does.    I 
would think it should be a simple database call that could provide a 
much increased ease of use on the website.

Just a thought.

Thanks,
Kyle Brown
A Slackware User
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Erik Hanson | 10 Mar 2011 21:22
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Re: Idea for slackbuilds.org

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:28 -0500
Kyle Brown <kylebrown@...> wrote:

> I believe it would be emmensely useful to have a short description 
> displayed when browsing each of the slackbuilds.org directories.
> 
> Currently only "Name", "Version", "Updated On" are displayed in the
> lists.
> 
> I believe changing this to
> "Name",**"Description"**,"Version","Updated On" would be very helpful.

I coded this a long time ago, but it was very slow because a short
description is not in the db, it had to be pulled from each slack-desc. 
If we get that data in the db then it should be easy to add.

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Erik Hanson

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:28 -0500
Kyle Brown <kylebrown@...> wrote:

> I believe it would be emmensely useful to have a short description 
> displayed when browsing each of the slackbuilds.org directories.
> 
> Currently only "Name", "Version", "Updated On" are displayed in the
> lists.
> 
> I believe changing this to
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Ozan Türkyılmaz | 10 Mar 2011 21:38
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Re: Idea for slackbuilds.org

2011/3/10 Erik Hanson <erik@...>:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:28 -0500
> Kyle Brown <kylebrown@...> wrote:
>
>> I believe it would be emmensely useful to have a short description
>> displayed when browsing each of the slackbuilds.org directories.
>>
>> Currently only "Name", "Version", "Updated On" are displayed in the
>> lists.
>>
>> I believe changing this to
>> "Name",**"Description"**,"Version","Updated On" would be very helpful.
>
> I coded this a long time ago, but it was very slow because a short
> description is not in the db, it had to be pulled from each slack-desc.
> If we get that data in the db then it should be easy to add.
>

How about making it mandatory for .infos. Short-desc would be really
useful for browsers of the repo.

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King Beowulf | 10 Mar 2011 22:00
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Re: Idea for slackbuilds.org

I'll go along with that. Easy to add a line, limited to maybe 50 char
or less, to the .info

Ed

On 3/10/11, Ozan Türkyılmaz <ozan.turkyilmaz <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/3/10 Erik Hanson <erik <at> slackbuilds.org>:
>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:28 -0500
>> Kyle Brown <kylebrown <at> ec.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I believe it would be emmensely useful to have a short description
>>> displayed when browsing each of the slackbuilds.org directories.
>>>
>>> Currently only "Name", "Version", "Updated On" are displayed in the
>>> lists.
>>>
>>> I believe changing this to
>>> "Name",**"Description"**,"Version","Updated On" would be very helpful.
>>
>> I coded this a long time ago, but it was very slow because a short
>> description is not in the db, it had to be pulled from each slack-desc.
>> If we get that data in the db then it should be easy to add.
>>
>
> How about making it mandatory for .infos. Short-desc would be really
> useful for browsers of the repo.
>
> --
> Ozan, BSc, BEng
> _______________________________________________
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slakmagik | 11 Mar 2011 03:58
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Re: Idea for slackbuilds.org

On 2011-03-10 (Thu) 13:00:27 [-0800], King Beowulf wrote:
> I'll go along with that. Easy to add a line, limited to maybe 50 char
> or less, to the .info
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> On 3/10/11, Ozan Türky?lmaz <ozan.turkyilmaz@...> wrote:
> > 2011/3/10 Erik Hanson <erik@...>:
> >> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:28 -0500
> >> Kyle Brown <kylebrown@...> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I believe it would be emmensely useful to have a short description
> >>> displayed when browsing each of the slackbuilds.org directories.
> >>>
> >>> Currently only "Name", "Version", "Updated On" are displayed in the
> >>> lists.
> >>>
> >>> I believe changing this to
> >>> "Name",**"Description"**,"Version","Updated On" would be very helpful.
> >>
> >> I coded this a long time ago, but it was very slow because a short
> >> description is not in the db, it had to be pulled from each slack-desc.
> >> If we get that data in the db then it should be easy to add.
> >>
> >
> > How about making it mandatory for .infos. Short-desc would be really
> > useful for browsers of the repo.
> >
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Erik Hanson | 11 Mar 2011 04:30
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Re: Idea for slackbuilds.org

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:58:54 -0500
slakmagik <slakmagik@...> wrote:

> On 2011-03-10 (Thu) 13:00:27 [-0800], King Beowulf wrote:
> > I'll go along with that. Easy to add a line, limited to maybe 50
> > char or less, to the .info
> > 
> > Ed
> > 
> > 
> > On 3/10/11, Ozan Türky?lmaz <ozan.turkyilmaz@...> wrote:
> > > 2011/3/10 Erik Hanson <erik@...>:
> > >> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:28 -0500
> > >> Kyle Brown <kylebrown@...> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I believe it would be emmensely useful to have a short
> > >>> description displayed when browsing each of the slackbuilds.org
> > >>> directories.
> > >>>
> > >>> Currently only "Name", "Version", "Updated On" are displayed in
> > >>> the lists.
> > >>>
> > >>> I believe changing this to
> > >>> "Name",**"Description"**,"Version","Updated On" would be very
> > >>> helpful.
> > >>
> > >> I coded this a long time ago, but it was very slow because a
> > >> short description is not in the db, it had to be pulled from
> > >> each slack-desc. If we get that data in the db then it should be
> > >> easy to add.
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