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From: hanez <mailman@×××××.org>
To: svyatogor@g.o, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] volonteers for a gentoo admin tool (portage frontend)
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 13:55:27
Message-Id: 200306221555.00774.mailman@hanez.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] volonteers for a gentoo admin tool (portage frontend) by Svyatogor
1 hi,
2
3 there are tools like this allready:
4
5 kportage -> qt based
6
7 portagemaster -> java based
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9 a conole based portage frontend would be nice...
10
11 kind regards
12
13 hanez
14
15 On Sunday 22 June 2003 18:50, Svyatogor wrote:
16 > I am very extremely interested in taking part in a project like that.
17 > However I would like to make a suggestion on it: from what I understood
18 > from your previous posts you are using Python + Dialog, which basically
19 > means the console interface for the tool. While this has an undisputable
20 > advnatage that we're 100% sure that everyone can run it we have one problem
21 > with it: Such a tool will not be very friendly to beginner users,
22 > espesially those ones who are just trying Linux for the first time. Most
23 > people are used to WIMPY interface and feel uncomfortable when they have o
24 > do anything in console.
25 >
26 > My suggestion is to maintain in parlel with your tool another program,
27 > providing the same functonality but build using one of the GUI toolkits,
28 > say GTK or Qt. Cause I have some experience with Qt programming I could
29 > mainatin that part.
30 >
31 > Conserning repository, I guess this fits well as a Gentoo hosted project.
32 > A?
33 >
34 > On Sunday 22 June 2003 13:34, Philippe Lafoucrière wrote:
35 > > Hi all
36 > >
37 > > A few days, we started to talk about a front end to portage. I received
38 > > some answers (Michael Kohl,Cabec2,etc.).
39 > > If someone is interrested, please feel free to join (just tell us HERE -
40 > > not my personnal email).
41 > >
42 > > Now we have to define fonctionnalities of this new utility. I propose a
43 > > basic select/install/deinstall utility for the first release.
44 > >
45 > > - select a category in the list (dialog menu)
46 > > - select a package in selected category (with a flag for installed
47 > > packages -> dialog checked box).
48 > >
49 > > Moreover, we need a common repository to start the project. Is there a
50 > > place on gentoo cvs ? It would be weird to start this project on sf...
51 > >
52 > > Waiting 4 u !
53 > >
54 > > --
55 > > Gravis
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