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Package browser brainstorming
A comparison of package-browsing websites for various different packaging ecosystems, and a list of feature ideas for Zeek-unique features our site could expose.
Example package: https://conan.io/center/openssl
Site features: search, featured packages, community news
Package features: version history, tags, license, number of downloads, "recipes" for use, dependencies, reverse dependencies
Example package: https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Curl
Site features: search (better via metacpan.org), categories (unmaintained), recent updates
Package features: code coverage, rss feed, source/browse link, issue tracker, detailed testing & compatibility info
Comments: spans several sites (cpan.org vs metacpan.org vs cpantesters.org), cluttered but featureful, more source-oriented and less github-disjunct than others
URL: https://v3.ocaml.org/packages
Example package: https://v3.ocaml.org/p/dns/6.1.4
Comments: search, featured packages, high-level stats, most popular, new releases, contribution guide
Package features: install command, readme and full documentation in-site, authors, dependencies and reverse dependencies, release history
Comments: no testing / compatibility info, very clean
URL: https://pypi.org/
Example package: https://pypi.org/project/semantic-version/
Site features: search, browse by category, high-level stats, trending packages, new releases
Package features: install command, release history, license, authors, download, link to homepage, github stats, categories
Comments: no information about testing / compatibility, no dependencies, no explicit docs link
URL: https://crates.io/
Example package: https://crates.io/crates/rand
Site features: search, browse by category, high-level stats, recent/popular packages
Package features: readme, install command, homepage link, docs link, repo link, version, dependencies, reverse dependencies
Comments: has a "try on Rust playground" feature
URL: https://lib.rs
Example package: https://lib.rs/crates/rand
Site features: improvements on top of https://crates.io, in particular extracts more metadata from repo info, an improved algorithm to rank packages to display, and surfacing of dependency freshness, see their about page
URL: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/
Example package: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3884/
Site features: search, browse by technology/category, featured apps
Package features: overview, details, version history, compatibility, license, category
- Support bundle creation in-site
- Indicate security class (uses native code, has external dependencies, etc)
- Show set of event types that drives the package / search packages by event types
- Indicate log(s) created by package and their content
- Indicate clusterization of package (i.e., does this need manager/proxy/worker/etc)
- Indicate high-level features: BinPAC, Spicy, plugin use, has executable
- Run in try.zeek.org when unproblematic (pure Zeek packages, for example). Note that for packages that use our Github Zeek package action, there's a possibility to spell out external dependencies, so we could potentially run "complicated" plugins too if we tap into this information. (Very few packages will support this right now.)