Copy/Delete packages undiscoverably hidden behind "View package details"
Bug #437215 reported by
Scott Kitterman
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Launchpad itself |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
"View package details" leads me to think that the link will give me more information about packages. The fact that it also allows me to take actions on packages is completely orthogonal to the description of the link. This is particularly frustrating because these actions used to be immediately available and now they are obscurely hidden.
tags: | added: ui |
tags: | added: ppa |
Changed in soyuz: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
tags: | added: oem-services |
Changed in launchpad: | |
importance: | Medium → Low |
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Hrm - +packages page does show you more information about the packages (ie. the table has much more info and each item is expandable), but you are right, it is not just a page where you can view more details about packages - you can also take actions on those packages etc.
It is really a "Developer/uploader dashboard for this PPA", but I'm not sure that that would work either. "Developer dashboard"? Something along those lines would also make it obvious where the copy/delete package action links are too (note - we want to move those actions into the +package page itself).
Julian - what are your thoughts here?
(Note: I don't think it's a bad thing that users potentially wanting to install software from a PPA are not presented with Delete/Copy packages, and I understand that this is frustrating for developers who are used to PPA index pages being developer-centric, but I do hope we can find a solution that suits both use cases.)