On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 07:48:39AM +0300, era eriksson wrote: > > I've added a link to packages.debian.org page at the bottom of the > > package search results pages (search_packages.pl). > > Thanks, although I don't see it yet.
How come? It's there, in the bottom right corner, link is "Packages search page"... > Do you think the following page in the chain could also be changed? If > I search for "netstd" I get a listing search_packages.pl but the pages > I get to when I link from that one could also have the search form. Yeah, but that a) requires me to know what's the script to generate those pages, and I haven't figured that one yet and b) would need that we regenerate all of those pages, and then remirror all 71MB of them. :) But, since a lot of them gets modified quite often, and the release is near, it should be done now, and we'll let b) happen after release, as usual. > > I thought of modifying the package download page (download.pl), but > > that one doesn't really seem too connected to the search page. > > That one in particular is where you'd like to perform additional > searches. You click to download the package you wanted, then want to > search for another package. Why shouldn't there be a search form on > that page then? This is fairly run-of-the-mill procedure in search > engines these days. You don't want to have to surf back several steps > just to be able to perform another search. Well, the 'Back' button is all that uncommon, either. (although it wouldn't be wrong to put that link there, yes, but I still don't have those perms) > > Besides I didn't have sufficient permissions, the file is g-w... > > Sounds good :-) :) I meant that the file on the server is in the right group (which I am in, too), but it's not g+w. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
