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From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-desktop-research@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] Final thoughts on PortageUI
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:49:59
Message-Id: 3FBD2822.8010509@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-desktop-research] Final thoughts on PortageUI by munky@munkys.com
1 munky@××××××.com wrote:
2 > It sounds to me that for the most part the ideas are liked. I would just
3 > like to sum up the things said.
4 > -Python is a good choice to use
5 > -GTK2 is fine, and perhaps another UI (ncurses) should be available
6 gtk has a "cursed" backend already -> see dams e-mail
7 > -A user doesn't want to have to setup a db
8 >
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10 > With that said I only have two things to say. Firstly, I think we could
11 > make Postgresql a dependancy and we can setup a file that will
12 > automatically be set. After the program is installed, I hope to have a
13 > brief shell script installer asking some questions perhaps there we can
14 > have the user specify options for the db. I think that it is very easy to
15 > get Postgresql to work.
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17 sqlite suits better and there are already portage devs thinking about
18 bdb and sql backend so we could ask them about. I'm against anything bigger.
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20 > Any ideas as to where I should go from now
21 > would be greatly appreciated!
22 Usually you split every task in subtask till they are simple enough to
23 be addressed.
24 EG:
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26 app->{front-end,back-end}
27 |
28 `=front-end->{ui-design,interface}
29 |
30 `=back-end->{portage-interface,private data(dbcache),other meaningful
31 stuff,interface}
32 ...
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34 If you like order you may start after the split process thinking about
35 the interface part (which object will do that? which relation between
36 them?) and then about filling the functional part.
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38 at least those are my suggestion, that may be good or bad for you.
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40 lu
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42 >
43 > --
44 > -Dovid Kopel
45 > -=mUnky=-
46 >
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50 Luca Barbato
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