* Re: [gentoo-dev] volonteers for a gentoo admin tool (portage frontend)
@ 2003-06-22 13:54 99% ` hanez
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From: hanez @ 2003-06-22 13:54 UTC (permalink / raw
To: svyatogor, gentoo-dev
hi,
there are tools like this allready:
kportage -> qt based
portagemaster -> java based
a conole based portage frontend would be nice...
kind regards
hanez
On Sunday 22 June 2003 18:50, Svyatogor wrote:
> I am very extremely interested in taking part in a project like that.
> However I would like to make a suggestion on it: from what I understood
> from your previous posts you are using Python + Dialog, which basically
> means the console interface for the tool. While this has an undisputable
> advnatage that we're 100% sure that everyone can run it we have one problem
> with it: Such a tool will not be very friendly to beginner users,
> espesially those ones who are just trying Linux for the first time. Most
> people are used to WIMPY interface and feel uncomfortable when they have o
> do anything in console.
>
> My suggestion is to maintain in parlel with your tool another program,
> providing the same functonality but build using one of the GUI toolkits,
> say GTK or Qt. Cause I have some experience with Qt programming I could
> mainatin that part.
>
> Conserning repository, I guess this fits well as a Gentoo hosted project.
> A?
>
> On Sunday 22 June 2003 13:34, Philippe Lafoucrière wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > A few days, we started to talk about a front end to portage. I received
> > some answers (Michael Kohl,Cabec2,etc.).
> > If someone is interrested, please feel free to join (just tell us HERE -
> > not my personnal email).
> >
> > Now we have to define fonctionnalities of this new utility. I propose a
> > basic select/install/deinstall utility for the first release.
> >
> > - select a category in the list (dialog menu)
> > - select a package in selected category (with a flag for installed
> > packages -> dialog checked box).
> >
> > Moreover, we need a common repository to start the project. Is there a
> > place on gentoo cvs ? It would be weird to start this project on sf...
> >
> > Waiting 4 u !
> >
> > --
> > Gravis
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