Galaxy: Add revision date to toolshed search results

[sszakony]

When searching for tools in the toolshed, I often see listings of tools that look like this example from BWA. It would be great if we could put the revision date as a column in this listing, as the only way for me to determine the most recent release is to open the tool listing and look at the repository revision. Often, the one I have opened is not the one I want, so I have to back up and choose a different one until I find the most recent. It's a frustrating and time consuming process that could be made much simpler by including the revision date in this listing.

[jxtx]

I suggest that we only show the latest by default and have an option to see older versions.

(in addition to showing the revision date!)

[davebx]

I am in favor of and willing to implement this change.

[sszakony]

@davebx, I'm starting to dig into this but am relatively new to this area of Galaxy... would you be interested in collaborating?

[davebx]

@sszakony I'd be happy to work with you on this.

[sszakony]

@davebx Great! I think we need to add the date to the model, as it doesn't seem to be included at this time... unless I'm missing something, which is entirely possible.

[mvdbeek]

Are you guys set on the date? Perhaps the ctx_rev would be good enough?
I mean the numeric one, not the hash :).
That would be clear, even if there were multiple updates on the same day.

[sszakony]

I'm flexible. The date is usually what I use when trying to determine which is the most recent revision because it's right in the pulldown. Is the ctx_rev easier to get at?

[mvdbeek]

I would think so. It's already exposed in multiple places in the API (TS and Galaxy), and its linear: they higher the ctx_rev, the newer the commit.

Though it seems that the date is as well ... so there you go :)

[sszakony]

Okay, let me see if I can find where that's represented. I'm still unwinding the trail of what takes place where and what needs to be changed. Thanks!