Re: Data service: package information

[Christopher Baines]

zimoun <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 19:36, Christopher Baines <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> > Aside, does it make sense to add the revision number (short commit
>> > hash, e.g., abc123) and the red (X) or the green (V) close to "More
>> > information" to easily check the status of the derivation.  It avoids
>> > one click when it is green. ;-)
>>
>> I'm not sure what page this relates to?
>
> For example, I am going to this webpage:
>
> https://data.guix.gnu.org/repository/1/branch/master/package/docker
>
> And from that page, I have to click to say (More information) below
> this 2020-04-20 20:23:33 and then I arrive to this webpage:
>
> http://data.guix.gnu.org/revision/b023a8acd38b57b159aeeef0ac6de73960f97e8b/package/git/2.26.2
>
> Nice! All green!! :-)
>
>
> Another example, I am going to this webpage [1]:
>
> [1] https://data.guix.gnu.org/repository/1/branch/master/package/docker
>
> and say I click to (More information) below 2020-05-06 16:18:16 and
> then I arrive to this webpage:
>
> https://data.guix.gnu.org/revision/758f32afdbc6cf6018a2e76eef5085f6b693c15a/package/docker/19.03.7
>
> Bad news! Docker is broken.  Going back to [1], now I try another
> (More Information) until I find one green.
>
>
> Well, to avoid to click, I would like to have the red icon (X) or the
> green icon (V) close to (More information) to easily visualize which
> ones I want to click.
>
> Hope it makes sense?

Yeah :) So this use case may be better met with the information on the
page that shows "outputs" rather than versions. You can get to that page
by clicking on "Include outputs" at the top right.

The docker package is a nice example here because for the latest version
it's both been built, and build by ci.guix.gnu.org.

Maybe something more should be displayed on the versions page, but I
think it would need to capture some of the subtlety here where there is
a mixture of substitute availability for a particular version.

Chris

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