No way of navigating to source package branch listing from distribution source package branch listing

[Jonathan Lange]

https://code.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotwire doesn't link to https://code.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/hotwire at all. It should.

[Tim Penhey (thumper)]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:33:28 Jonathan Lange wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> https://code.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotwire doesn't link to
> https://code.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/hotwire at all. It
> should.
>
> ** Affects: launchpad-code
> Importance: Medium
> Status: Triaged
>
>
> ** Tags: package-branches ui

It does if there are more branches than can be shown. We show at most 5
branches for any distroseries.

Why should it take you to a listing that shows less?

[Jonathan Lange (jml)]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Tim Penhey<email address hidden> wrote:
> It does if there are more branches than can be shown.  We show at most 5
> branches for any distroseries.
>

As someone exploring Launchpad, I have no way of discovering that.

[Tim Penhey (thumper)]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:16:02 Jonathan Lange wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Tim Penhey<email address hidden> wrote:
> > It does if there are more branches than can be shown. We show at most 5
> > branches for any distroseries.
>
> As someone exploring Launchpad, I have no way of discovering that.

As someone exploring Launchpad is it interesting to you? It adds no extra
information that you'd care about.

Why tell the casual explorer "oh, look, we can show you even more detail you
don't care about over here..."

[Jonathan Lange (jml)]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Tim Penhey<email address hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:16:02 Jonathan Lange wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Tim Penhey<email address hidden> wrote:
>> > It does if there are more branches than can be shown.  We show at most 5
>> > branches for any distroseries.
>>
>> As someone exploring Launchpad, I have no way of discovering that.
>
> As someone exploring Launchpad is it interesting to you?  It adds no extra
> information that you'd care about.
>
> Why tell the casual explorer "oh, look, we can show you even more detail you
> don't care about over here..."
>

It tells me that the feature "Source package branch listings" exists
at all. Maybe it doesn't matter until I have a package with a lot of
branches, but it seems a bit sub-optimal.

I'm not 100% convinced about this. Certainly, knowing that a listing
exists is less important than knowing that I can propose branches for
review, say.

jml