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[Bug 705481] Re: Sort by project development language

 

This would indeed be nice and many other have asked for it already.

Options I see to get the data:
 - The cheapest method to achieve this would be to collect just a few indicators for programming language based on the debian/control File data (Build-Depends of the the source, names of resulting binary packages) and in the UI be clear that this is just a wild guess. 
 - More "expensive" would be to check out the source itself and use something like libmagic or sloccount to figure out what kind of programming language we talk about.

A few other thoughts of the top off my head:
 - In any case we need to change the database schema.
 - I think I'd prefer external data providers to get us package information (JSON too, we could have stuff like popcon position, etc. too). Let's try to make Harvest not too clever to keep the scope focused.
 - We should give users the opportunity to correct the programming language "suggestions".

** Changed in: harvest
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: harvest
       Status: New => Confirmed

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/705481

Title:
  Sort by project development language

Status in Harvest Service:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I believe it would be helpful if Harvest could be filtered by the
  project's development languages so less experienced developers can
  quickly become useful. Is this possible?





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