Bug 470232

Summary:	Show package description on updates page
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	v4u6h4n <vaughan.m.johnston>
Component:	discover	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aleixpol, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Annotated screenshot

Description v4u6h4n 2023-05-25 00:57:42 UTC

Hey all, I would like to suggest a simple feature for the discover front end, which is that packages that have available updates include a description of what the package underneath the package title. This is a useful feature for encouraging, especially linux novices like myself, to engage in responsible checking update contents before updating testing/unstable distro releases. Bonus points for including some a hyperlink to the discover package page/repository URL/similar.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-05-31 17:38:19 UTC

Can you provide an annotated screenshot showing the exact page where you'd like the description to be shown, and where on the page the description should go?

Comment 2 v4u6h4n 2023-05-31 22:44:53 UTC

Created attachment 159378 [details]
Annotated screenshot

Comment 3 v4u6h4n 2023-05-31 23:05:01 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Can you provide an annotated screenshot showing the exact page where you'd
> like the description to be shown, and where on the page the description
> should go?

Hey Nate :-) thanks for responding; I just added the screenshot as you requested.

I'm not sure how this would work with different package managers as besides a brief stint with Arch I've only been using apt in Debian. However that said my suggestion is to add a short description directly below the package title, perhaps with a 'more info' hyperlink next to the brief description text that either expands an additional long description text, or redirects to the URL of the package.

To use the package libc6 as an example (https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/libc6), it would look something like the following:

[title] libc6

[short description] GNU C Library: Shared libraries [url] more info

[long description] Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2023-06-02 20:14:25 UTC

Seems sane, thanks. I'll see what I can do.

Comment 5 v4u6h4n 2023-06-02 22:27:31 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4)
> Seems sane, thanks. I'll see what I can do.

Thanks :-)