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Hey folks, |
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Around two weeks to go until the end of GSoC 2011, and Gentoaster is |
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almost complete. Here's what I've gotten done this week: |
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- Added Stage3/Portage/BINHOST override support for configs (so you |
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can do a config using the hardened profile, or for another arch! |
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Thanks to Zorry for this suggestion) |
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- Added email notification support |
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- AJAXified the progress bar on the status page |
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- Added keyboard layout selection support to the webUI |
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- Added an experimental GNOME config |
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- Fixed some missing drivers in all the configs that used xorg-server |
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- Fixed bugs relating to the simultaneous builds detection |
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I also looked into extra localisation support, but found it's more |
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complex to setup than I expected. I'll be looking into this further |
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this week, but it may not make it into the project any time soon. I'm |
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also preparing a large restructuring of the webUI code in preparation |
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for merging with the master as part of my efforts to tidy up the code |
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further, this commit should be in within the next few days. I'm also |
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working on new artwork for the WebUI, which isn't quite complete yet, |
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but should also be in by the end of this coming week. Here's my new |
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task list for the following week: |
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- Fix the broken kernel configuration file that's in the repo right now |
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- Push re-factored WebUI to repo |
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- Finish new artwork, add to webUI |
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- Add KDE config, test GNOME and KDE configs |
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- Write initscript for daemon |
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- Write installer to check sanity of config and setup database |
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- Post to gentoo-dev, fix any bugs that crop up |
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- Take extra suggestions from community |
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One item from last weeks task list ended up stumping me rather, so I |
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could use your help and suggestions for it. I'd like to allow further |
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customisation of the image, such as setting up an xinitrc to allow the |
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image to boot straight to a GUI on first boot, but I'm unsure of a |
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secure way of letting users do this without putting the host building |
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environment at risk. Can you suggest any way of doing this safely? |
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Regards, |
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Liam |
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