1 |
Matt Wilson <matt@×××××××××××××××.uk> said: |
2 |
|
3 |
> > 1) Runlevel editor: to add and remove services from runlevels, and to |
4 |
> > start, stop and restart services. I actually made this, some time ago, |
5 |
> > screenie can be found at: |
6 |
> > http://blubber.student.utwente.nl/~blubber/gct.png Although I made it |
7 |
> > myself completely, it's based on redhats tool. |
8 |
> |
9 |
> I'd say that this is fairly mandatory - I remember many years ago when I |
10 |
> first moved to Linux and had a run level editor... the only problem is I |
11 |
> didn't know what a run level was :P |
12 |
> |
13 |
> > 2) Network configuration editor |
14 |
> |
15 |
> Yup. |
16 |
> |
17 |
> > 3) Portage editor: to edit all variables in /etc/make.conf, including |
18 |
> > selecting mirrors, and adding use-flags |
19 |
> |
20 |
> Sounds fair. |
21 |
> |
22 |
> > 4) User administration tool: to administrate local users. |
23 |
> |
24 |
> Again. |
25 |
> |
26 |
> > Suggestions are welcome, keep in mind that we are deciding on which apps |
27 |
> > to make. The individual requirements are the next step. |
28 |
> |
29 |
> I'm wondering how this is to be organised? Are we aiming for seperate |
30 |
> applications to perform the tasks or one pluggable application that can |
31 |
> do them all? (ala Linuxconf). I'd tend to lean towards the latter I |
32 |
> think, as it would mean that different sections of the app. could be |
33 |
> enabled/disabled depending on the user's experience/knowledge or UID :) |
34 |
|
35 |
we can do plugable applications. in GTK, you can plug an application in another |
36 |
one. It's very simple to do. I'ts used in the mandrake control center, and |
37 |
differently in the gnome control center. |
38 |
|
39 |
It's important to keep in mind that those config tools will be available in |
40 |
console mode, where the gui takes a lot more space (newt/ncurses). So the |
41 |
screen should be simple with only few gui widget to be able to display fine in |
42 |
both mode. Or we do two seperate tools for each mode. There are technical |
43 |
solutions to have one code that works in gtk and ncurses. Maybe the same exists |
44 |
for other toolkits. Anyway it's maybe a little soon to talk about that |
45 |
|
46 |
-- |
47 |
dams |
48 |
|
49 |
-- |
50 |
gentoo-desktop-research@g.o mailing list |