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Hello! |
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I am thinking about making user interface for portage. |
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I see the possibility to browse portage tree, turning different filters on |
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and off, as it's most important feature. I dont think that it should contain |
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any functions for updating, emerging or unmerging or syncing at it's |
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beginning, as i think that i havent used portage long enough to make a clear |
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design of such a tool. |
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Anyway, package browser would be usable for me as a new user of portage. |
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I describe shortly, what i see as it's functionality: |
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* General UI, which looks like a classical e-mail client with folder-list on |
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left panel, mail-list on top and one e-mail on bottom. Additionally, top and |
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bottom panel should be together in right panel. |
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* Left panel contains 2 main folders -- one is to access folders in |
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/usr/portage/, another contains keywords like kdebase-meta (or kde-base) -- |
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which has packages like kdegraphics-meta inside it (click +). This other |
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tree should be hand-made tree + "others" folder, last containing all package |
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groups, which are not included in this tree. At least, i think that |
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automation may not be possible -- it depends on structure, which i dont |
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know. |
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* Right panel, which contains tabs -- first tab is for top/bottom panels, |
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other are web browsers (konqueror). |
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* Top panel contains package list like detailed view of folders |
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* Botton panel contains details -- also button for opening www-address of |
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package in new tab. |
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+ there should be search feature. |
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+ some special folders should be added: --update world, which contains all |
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outdated packages jpc. As it would be slow, portage or this UI should be |
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cache such things and clean this cache when --sync happens. |
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It is possible that integration into Konqueror could be simple and usable |
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(like portage:/ protocol). |
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In future, additional features like tray-icon for autosync and |
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notifications, also adding packages to world and removing, could be |
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considered; code should be build in such way that is would be possible to |
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add them later in different ways. |
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-- |
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tvali |
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(e-mail: "qtvali@×××××.com"; msn: "qtvali@×××××.com"; |
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icq: "317-492-912") |
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Ühe eesti internetifirma lehel kohtasin tsitaati: |
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If you don't do it excellently, dont do it at all. Because if it's not |
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excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for |
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fun or profit, what the hell are you doing here? |
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Robert Townsend |
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