+1 for "which charms use this layer" queries. This has a number of uses:
- for finding what the quality of a layer is (more use in recommended charms = better quality) - for the maintainer of a layer so he can see what the impact is of a change on his layer - to see which charms have to be rebuilt if a vulnerability has been found in a layer 2016-10-18 16:55 GMT+02:00 Ondřej Kuzník <ondrej.kuz...@credativ.co.uk>: > Hi, > developing new charms or just exploring the store, one might want to > raise random queries like "which charms use a layer x", "which charms > are subordinate" and some others. Are there any plans to add those, > concerns why this might not be a good idea? > > While the store could extend the API to include these, I presume it > would just be an addition to a hardcoded list. Another option would be > for someone to scrape the store to PostgreSQL or a document DB of some > sort that could be searched with rather arbitrary queries (and a few > indexes for the more common ones). > > My first reaction is that such a scraper would be frowned upon as it > might not have a way to update its database intelligently and keep > hitting all sorts of rate limits imposed by the store, but I might be > wrong here. > > Any thoughts on this? > > Thanks, > Ondrej > > -- > Consultant > > credativ Ltd > Open Source for Business > UK office: +44 1788 298150 > Email: ondrej.kuz...@credativ.co.uk > Web: http://www.credativ.co.uk > Suite 5 | Bloxam Court | Corporation Street | Rugby | CV21 2DU | UK > > We would love to hear your thoughts on our service! > Please send your comments to feedb...@credativ.co.uk > > credativ Ltd is registered in England & Wales, company no. 5261743 > Certified by CompTIA / AccredITUK with the ICT Supply standard of > quality for Software Product Design and Development > > > -- > Juju mailing list > Juju@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/juju > >
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