On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 08:36:46AM +0000, Christopher Baines wrote: > > Not only good for humans, also good for search engines. I find the > > current package list https://guix.gnu.org/packages/ pretty useful, but > > I would like a search function because one keeps clicking to find a > > certain package. > > So as Pierre points out, there is the Guix-HPC package search. The Guix > Data Service also contains a search function (e.g. [3]). > > 3: > http://data.guix.gnu.org/repository/1/branch/master/latest-processed-revision/packages
A typical user won't find that. > If there's a need to keep the website as static content, maybe the > JavaScript approach used by the Guix-HPC site could be used on the Guix > Website. It should also be possible to use the Guix Data Service > information for a search feature. > > Otherwise, maybe there could be a search box on the Guix Website, but it > links to packages.guix.gnu.org, which is a package search service (which > doesn't have to be part of the static website). > > > May also be an idea to provide links throught the guix CLI, such as > > > > https://guix.gnu.org/packages/alsa-lib-1.1.9/ > > What were you thinking people might use this for? Speaking for myself: I would use it to go to CI. We do have additional information in that way. But yeah. Pj.
