Introducing http://www.opkg.org

[Nishit Dave]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Tobias Kündig <tobias.kuendig at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm proud to announce my newest project: http://www.opkg.org
>
> It's a simple database of available *.ipk-Packages.
> I know, some time ago there was someone other who planned to do
> something like this. But it's been a long time since then. I don't think
> they are working on it anymore...
> It just confirms what everyone is saying about Openmoko: Everything is
> unfinished and takes forever to be done. In my opinion that's not true.
> All of you do a really great job. So I wanted to give my contribution to
> the community and build that Homepage.
>
> There is a lot to improve on the site. These are (some of) my targets:
>
> * add Search-Box
> * improve «Package-Detail»-Screen
> * improve Home-Screen
>
> Everybody is able to post new packages or edit packages. Just register
> and log in. It would be great if all of you would help getting the
> database populated. I added just a few packages, but I know there are more!
>
> If you find any kind of bugs on the page (espacially spelling mistakes)
> feel free to contact me. My first language is German - not English (I
> think you realized that lines ago...). I'm also happy if you send me
> your ideas and opinions!
>
> Great work, Tobias!  I have one suggestion: add information about required
dependencies, and the distribution that the package is compatible with.

Another one: get the category list on top.
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