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hi, |
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there are tools like this allready: |
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kportage -> qt based |
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portagemaster -> java based |
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a conole based portage frontend would be nice... |
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kind regards |
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hanez |
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On Sunday 22 June 2003 18:50, Svyatogor wrote: |
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> I am very extremely interested in taking part in a project like that. |
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> However I would like to make a suggestion on it: from what I understood |
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> from your previous posts you are using Python + Dialog, which basically |
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> means the console interface for the tool. While this has an undisputable |
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> advnatage that we're 100% sure that everyone can run it we have one problem |
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> with it: Such a tool will not be very friendly to beginner users, |
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> espesially those ones who are just trying Linux for the first time. Most |
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> people are used to WIMPY interface and feel uncomfortable when they have o |
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> do anything in console. |
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> My suggestion is to maintain in parlel with your tool another program, |
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> providing the same functonality but build using one of the GUI toolkits, |
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> say GTK or Qt. Cause I have some experience with Qt programming I could |
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> mainatin that part. |
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> Conserning repository, I guess this fits well as a Gentoo hosted project. |
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> A? |
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> |
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> On Sunday 22 June 2003 13:34, Philippe Lafoucrière wrote: |
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> > Hi all |
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> > A few days, we started to talk about a front end to portage. I received |
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> > some answers (Michael Kohl,Cabec2,etc.). |
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> > If someone is interrested, please feel free to join (just tell us HERE - |
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> > not my personnal email). |
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> > |
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> > Now we have to define fonctionnalities of this new utility. I propose a |
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> > basic select/install/deinstall utility for the first release. |
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> > - select a category in the list (dialog menu) |
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> > - select a package in selected category (with a flag for installed |
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> > packages -> dialog checked box). |
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> > Moreover, we need a common repository to start the project. Is there a |
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> > place on gentoo cvs ? It would be weird to start this project on sf... |
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> > |
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> > Waiting 4 u ! |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Gravis |
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