Re: SWI 2.7.0

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 16.09.2009 um 17:00 schrieb Truls Becken:

> hns@computer.org wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I think I did now finally understand what some of you meant by
> > removing duplicates in the list. Therefore, I have added such a
> > feature in SWI 2.7.0.
>
> Thank you Nikolaus, this is much better!
>
> About the search feature, though. Searching for GPS, PDF, FTP or
> GNUstep does not return anything. Do you know why that is? Searching

it uses the MySQL full-text search and as far as I know this algorithm  
has problems with short abbreviations. Maybe we should mix standard  
and full-text search somehow.

> for "sheet" does not return FlexiSheet as expected, but instead
> returns ToyViewer which has the word somewhere in its description.

I will have a look into it asap.

> Could the Filter by OS/Model options be removed since they do not  
> apply?

Yes. It remains from the code base which was a redesign of www.killefiz.de 
 This should definitively be more configurable.

> > There is only one small bug - the number of records in the database
> > categories shown to the left below the GNUstep Software Index logo is
> > wrong (since I have not yet found the right SELECT statement to count
> > but eliminate duplicate names in one step). That is something for
> > 2.7.1.
>
> I see you have already fixed this and released 2.7.1. This is an
> important point because the list on the left gives an overview of how
> many apps, frameworks, etc are available. It was really weird when it
> said e.g Framework(30), and this was the number of releases, not the
> number of products.
>
> Not all categories are listed, however. At least Applications is
> missing, which is a shame. Could the list be made dynamic to avoid
> this problem? Maybe also add a Game category?

They should automatically add as soon as an application is put into  
these categories. But I have to take a look if the selection popup  
allows to do that.

BR,
Nikolaus

PS: there is also an XML .plist "feed" for automatic analysis of  
products and releases.