From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_03_06,DMARC_NONE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from sccmmhc02.mchsi.com (sccmmhc02.mchsi.com [204.127.203.184]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D573EABD9E for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:08:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from noah3.mchsi.com ([12.217.84.119]) by sccmmhc02.mchsi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020729150820.LCDQ25309.sccmmhc02.mchsi.com@noah3.mchsi.com> for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:08:20 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Noah Justin Norris Reply-To: noah_norris@mchsi.com To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Automatic menus? Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:05:30 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.2 References: <20020724150806.GA5414@wickidpisa.csh.rit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020724150806.GA5414@wickidpisa.csh.rit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200207291005.31003.noah_norris@mchsi.com> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: b3ac0b60-a924-4f95-abc9-7ea6325bad64 X-Archives-Hash: c47acf6f25f68dbc9b4b343f17850c2f I think a menu system would be nice , also a way to port menu's to other=20 systems (ie i have many gentoo systems it took me days to set up menus on= one=20 system ) just as a side note kde dont like sertain things removed from it= s=20 menu system or put in different folders (ie for example put preferences i= n=20 another directory launch kde control center notice theres nothing there=20 anymore (( i had to use samba to copy the menu system back from a working= kde=20 system lol )) i think a common menu editing tool would be nice / and ebui= lds=20 that add menu enteries. well im no programer but i would help out in anyw= ay=20 possible :)=20 On Wednesday 24 July 2002 03:08 pm, Tom Philbrick wrote: >Searching the mailing list archives, I see that back in April someone > asked about automatic menus. One reply said that it was already being > worked on, while others said the opposite. Is anyone currently working > on an automatic menu system for gentoo, and if so, what is its status? > > I ask because I am in the process of porting the debian menu system ove= r > to gentoo, but I realized I should stop and see if it is worth the > effort. I have the program working as far as I can tell, although I > haven't done much testing yet. It still needs a lot of work, but most o= f > that is tailoring it to gentoo rather than debian (rewriting > documentation, and making my hacks less of a hack). The build isn't > pretty, I see now why debian is not a source distro, but it works for > now and I'm working on cleaning it up. > > For those of you that have never used debian (or mandrake, as menudrake > uses the debian menu system under the hood) you can read a good overvie= w > of it at: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu.html/index.h= tml > For the system to work, it would require that every package that wants > to use a menu must install a menu-method that describes how to generate > a menu for that program (these can me borrowed from debian, or written > from scratch). It also would require that every application that wanted > to be in a menu include a simple menu file that describes what the menu > entry should be. Yes that means a lot of packages would need to be > updated, but the menufiles take about 30 seconds to write, and are > simple enough for anyone to do. > > So what should I do? Post a new package bug now? Wait until it is > completely done? Wait until a better time? Give up in favor of a more > mature, or better, solution? > > -Tom Philbrick > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev --=20 life is linux linux is life