Hello Marcel,
On Jun 28, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Marcel Schumann wrote:
Hi Greg,
Just two small points:
-- the new 'detailed description' cannot yet display linebreaks correctly. Looks
a little bit confusing this way (for an example, just have a look a the description text I
pasted into the field for CADDSuite) ;-)
This issue has been fixed - thanks for pointing it out.
-- just to clarify: I actually meant that it would be very helpful if
a version-number in the 'old' style (plain version number, not repository hash
key) could be shown as well. This would make it easier for users to understand which
release-version of the software is in the toolsuite. But otherwise, as a workaround, I
could of course just add a version number to the toolsuite's short-description field
...
Yes, attributes like tool_id, version, etc, fall into the category of repository
metadata, a new feature which I am currently implementing. It should be available fairly
soon.
Cheers,
Marcel
On 06/28/2011 10:05 PM, Greg Von Kuster wrote:
> Hello Marcel,
>
> Thanks for your message - see my inline comments below.
>
> On Jun 28, 2011, at 5:55 AM, Marcel Schumann wrote:
>
>> Hi Greg, hi Dave,
>>
>> I just uploaded a current version of CADDSuite for MacOS10.6 (in addition to the
version for Linux) to the Galaxy tool shed. Thereby I noticed some problems and possible
enhancements. I just wanted to let you know about them; I hope this is somewhat helpful
...
>>
>> Errors/problems:
>> -- If _not_ logged in, clicking on any tool or category will produce "Server
error" !
>
>
> This bug has been corrected - thanks for letting us know about it.
>
>
>> -- The new hg based tool shed does not display/support any tool(suite) version
any more. I know that this was probably done on purpose, but I guess this will very
confusing for users. If publicly available/published software has its own version number,
it would be very nice if this could also be shown in the tool shed.
>
>
> Yes, versions are now the repository tip, which is displayed.
>
>
>> -- The new tool shed also does not show detailed description texts any more (in
contrast to the previous tool shed). However, I guess these description text could be very
important for potential users who search for tools for their tasks. Guessing what a
tool/toolsuite does by just reading the one-line description currently supported by the
new tool shed is of course not very easy ;-)
>
>
> I've added a Detailed description text field for repositories in the tool shed -
thanks for requesting this.
>
>
>>
>> Ideas for enhancements:
>> -- It would be nice to have same kind of download counter
>
>
> I've added a field that displays the number of times a repository was downloaded
using the pop-up menu options. Again, thanks for your request.
>
>
>> -- some way to enable users to submit feedback or comments would also be great
>
>
> There is already a Rate repository option on the Repository options pop-up menu.
This option allows you to add a 1 - 5 star rating, along with your own Review comments.
>
>
>> -- last but not least, I think you should really advertise your tool shed on your
homepages. On both
getgalaxy.org and
usegalaxy.org I never saw any link/description of the
tool shed, but it really is a nice way to share tools :-)
>
>
> We'll look into this, thanks!
>
>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marcel
>>
>>
>> --
>> Marcel Schumann
>>
>> University of Tuebingen
>> Wilhelm Schickard Institute for Computer Science
>> Division for Applied Bioinformatics
>> Room C304, Sand 14, D-72076 Tuebingen
>>
>> phone: +49 (0)7071-29 70437
>> fax: +49 (0)7071-29 5152
>> email: schumann(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
>
> Greg Von Kuster
> Galaxy Development Team
> greg(a)bx.psu.edu
>
>
>
--
Marcel Schumann
University of Tuebingen
Wilhelm Schickard Institute for Computer Science
Division for Applied Bioinformatics
Room C304, Sand 14, D-72076 Tuebingen
phone: +49 (0)7071-29 70437
fax: +49 (0)7071-29 5152
email: schumann(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
Greg Von Kuster
Galaxy Development Team
greg(a)bx.psu.edu