[Octave-patch-tracker] [patch #8787] Octave Forge: Improve package overview page

[Oliver Heimlich]

Follow-up Comment #20, patch #8787 (project octave):

> I'm also thinking that having the generate_html package create a
short_package_description doesn't work very well because it's preventing us
from making changes easily. 

I totally agree.

> What if the generate_html package insteads adds a metadata.json file. We can
either have them read on the fly each time or have something on the server
that creates a short_package_description when I upload the html.

Reading them on the fly is a good idea unless you want to make the
packages.php page completely static.

Instead of a (new) json file we could simply copy the package's DESCRIPTION
file and parse it. Again, this will make it easier for us to make changes
later. For example, we could decide to show more information on packages.php.

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