pulp
RPM Package API endpoint breaks Firefox
Version pulpcore 3.69.0 pulp_rpm 3.27.2
Describe the bug I have only 5000+ packages (but this doesn't matter). If one of the packages is the kernel (or another with lots of files and/or changelog entries) the page doesn't render, and firefox prompts to stop the page after a few minutes.
To Reproduce Import or mirror an EL kernel. Then open a package list displaying that kernel in Firefox. Even just the kernel-doc package causes the behavior. It breaks firefox even with limit=1.
Expected behavior Quite simply, there is too much data in the list data. I see that the PackageViewSet has a minimal serializer, which should be used instead of the full seralizer for "list" operations. Reserve the full data set for "show".
Ok, I see how I the user can use the minimal serializer by passing minimal=True to the API endpoint, but should it not be default? In general list operations should be minimal in my opinion, with an option to get full details instead of the other way around.
It's not the default for any current content type, and in any case it would be impossible to change the default now without breaking the API. Maybe for Pulp 4?
Maybe this could be the default for browser clients? Changing the behavior for browsers shouldn't break scripts.
I really don't love the idea of switching representations based on user agents.