Re: [PATCH] Generate multiple paginated packages pages.

[Alex Sassmannshausen]

Heya

John Darrington writes:

> On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 12:29:22PM +0100, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote:
>      
>      > Note that I removed the all-in-one package page because the poor CVS
>      > server at gnu.org simply can???t handle it.
>      
>      Sure ??? I figure this way of browsing is more user friendly anyway???
>      
> Well yes and no.
>
> It's more friendly in the respect that it no longer takes 2 minutes to load.
>
> But the down side is that I can no longer load the page and then use my 
> browser's "Find in Page" button to search for a package---Now I have to
> know what the package is called before I can search for it.

Fair point!  I think Luis Felipe is thinking of a more comprehensive
approach to the package pages — mine was more of a quick fix to solve an
urgent problem.

> Maybe sometime in the future a "browse by category" or "search for packages"
> feature will be available?
>
> J'