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Is there a way to specify a default series for PPA browsing?

Asked by J.M. Hardin

I have several PPA's in me sources.list and while I can ID the source in Update Manager thanks to recent updates when I go to the PPA package list (I have all of the ones I use bookmarked) I have to manually limit the selection to the series I use (karmic). Is there a preference I can set to default to a specific series when browsing PPA's? It would be a great time saver if it's available.

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Gavin Panella (allenap) said : 		#1

Hi,

I don't fully understand your question. Can you provide some more information, link me to affected pages, etc.?

If I look at, say, <https://edge.launchpad.net/~bzr-explorer-dev/+archive/ppa>, it defaults to "Overview of all packages published in Karmic". Do you mean you would like Launchpad to remember this setting?

Gavin.

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J.M. Hardin (jmhardin) said : 		#2

That's exactly what I'm looking for, but not necessarily tied to a specific PPA. It's more of a global request since I assume that there is an existing database table that can be consulted and used to let the server know which series a specific user wants to check for.

For example, I could go into my LP profile and have a screen (details perhaps?) where I could specify that I could specify which version of Ubuntu I use, similar to how the UForums give me a chance to specify my distro and flavor. Once this selection is made then when the server is asked compile a page for a specific PPA (main PPA page if not just the package details screen) it would consult the database and see that I have specified the "karmic" series and default to showing me packages in that series rather than showing me all packages and offering to let me filter the packages by a specific series.

I realize this may be a feature for a future LP update but I suspect I'm not the only one who would love this new option.

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Gavin Panella (allenap) said : 		#3

Okay, that makes sense. I'll pass this on to the Soyuz team to consider. Thanks for the idea :)

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J.M. Hardin (jmhardin) said : 		#4

Thanks, Gavin. I suspected I may be asking in the wrong area but I didn't know where it best fit.

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Julian Edwards (julian-edwards) said : 		#5

Hi

There is no feature in Launchpad that does this. Please file a bug about it!

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J.M. Hardin (jmhardin) said : 		#6

Will do. Thanks for the quick response, Julian.

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J.M. Hardin (jmhardin) said : 		#7

Reported Bug #484206: Allow users to specify a default series for PPA browsing