Re: Adding build status to the package list table

[Mark H Weaver]

Roel Janssen <address@hidden> writes:

> The list of packages included in Guix [1] provides links to the build
> status of each package in the details.  I would like to provide this
> information in a column after "Package details", either as an icon or as
> a count (e.g. 3/4 builds succeeded).  This provides a nicer overview for
> the current status of the package.

Sounds good to me, but I'm not sure that either a single icon or a count
will be very useful.

We currently support four architectures: x86_64-linux, i686-linux,
armhf-linux, and mips64el-linux.  There will likely be a fifth for the
Hurd as well.

If the status is to be useful, users will need to see at a glance if the
package builds on their chosen architecture.  A count like 2/4 or 3/4
doesn't tell me whether the package works on armhf.

So, I think we'd actually need one new column for each supported
architecture.  I could imagine more clever solutions as well, but
somehow it needs to indicate *which* architectures the package builds
on, not just how many.

Does that make sense?

      Mark