More information on where to download files needed

Bug #156919 reported by Dan Watkins
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Fix Released
High
Guilherme Salgado

Bug Description

When a project has no download files registered with Launchpad, as at https://edge.launchpad.net/bzr-cvsps-import/+download , it is not obvious for the user where they can look for downloads (in this case, they want the `trunk' branch from the Code section of the project. It would be good if the error message were modified to suggest looking on the project's homepage (if it is not hosted on Launchpad) or in the Code section for the project. Ideally, the project owner would be able to modify the page to tell people where to look.

Tags: lp-registry

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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote :

see also bug 139052

Christian Reis (kiko)
Changed in launchpad:
assignee: nobody → statik
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

This would be useful even if a project has downloadable files registered in Launchpad, as it could provide information about which version to download.

See also bug 179868.

Changed in launchpad:
status: New → Confirmed
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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote :

I don't think (as suggested in bug 139052) we should just point people to the Code tab, as someone who's just looking for a tarball may be confused by a branch listing. Some project-specified text (including hyperlinks) at the top of the download page would be very good.

Elliot Murphy (statik)
Changed in launchpad:
assignee: statik → nobody
Brad Crittenden (bac)
Changed in launchpad:
assignee: nobody → bradcrittenden
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in launchpad-foundations:
assignee: bac → nobody
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in launchpad-registry:
assignee: nobody → Guilherme Salgado (salgado)
milestone: none → 2.2.8
Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote :

The fix visible in https://edge.launchpad.net/bzr-cvsps-import/+download is great except that you misspelled the word 'Bazaar'.

Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: Fix Committed → Confirmed
importance: Low → High
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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote :

Bumping up because it's an embarrassing typo.

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Brad Crittenden (bac) wrote :

I've submitted a patch for this typo.

Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Brad Crittenden (bac) wrote :

r 9310

Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in launchpad-registry:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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