Re: please test the new package searching - new version

1999-01-08 Thread Dirk . Niemeyer

Re: please test the new package searching - new version

1999-01-07 Thread James A. Treacy
The following have been added: Listing the Debian version the package is in (stable, etc) Splitting results over multiple pages if more than 20 Can now also restrict searches to particular releases (main, non-free, etc) Check out http://cgi.debian.org/www-master/debian.org/distrib/test and g

Re: please test the new package searching

1999-01-07 Thread James A. Treacy
On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 03:28:24PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > You should add a note, because one can't add the asterisk at > in front of 'sth', he should try 'libsth', since it is the most > common case. > The text under the search already has the sentence: An asterisk, '*', can be used as a

Re: please test the new package searching

1999-01-07 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 02:40:31PM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote: > It adds the ability to restrict the search on package names only > (done using META keywords) and to use substrings, e.g. libgtk* . > This last item is what people have been screaming for. Hopefully > swish++ will implement more gen

Re: please test the new package searching

1999-01-06 Thread Darren Benham
I was basicly thinking of packages that exist in one dist and not in an other... or get moved like all the X packages did quite recently... maybe frozen and all wouldn't be needed there On 06-Jan-99 James A. Treacy wrote: >> 2) Is it possible (or is it unnecessary) to search "frozen" and "all

Re: please test the new package searching

1999-01-06 Thread James A. Treacy
On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 12:24:05PM -0800, Darren Benham wrote: > I like it but I'm going to try to be critical: > Go ahead. Feedback needs to be honest. > 1) During search of packages, if you choose "All Packages" can the result be > more specific about which releases a package was found in? I

RE: please test the new package searching

1999-01-06 Thread Darren Benham
I like it but I'm going to try to be critical: 1) During search of packages, if you choose "All Packages" can the result be more specific about which releases a package was found in? I searched for titrax and got two responses that looked identical to me. No indication that it's "frozen" and "u