The biggest thing we are missing right now is resources (people to create infrastructure like this). Otherwise it's very doable, and no doubt there's a web site already out there that covers this type of stuff. Fedora is fun the way it is, and imagine how much more fun it would be if more people pitched in on the work. ;-) -- Elliot On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Philip Prindeville wrote: > I was wondering if the Fedora website could have the following > added to it: > > (1) a searchable index of the "rpm -qi" info, so one can search > for packages based on their descriptions > > (2) a table mapping the "rpm -q --filesbypkg" database back to > package name... i.e. if you are missing a file and you want to > know what package provides it... > > (3) perhaps a table of deltas to the latter (i.e. a way of easily > seeing what packages recently added/dropped files from their > bill-of-materials) > > Sound reasonable? > > -Philip > >
