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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New application for gentoo: app-portage/kportagetray
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looks good , its support overlays (layman) ??
2010/1/5 Ronan Arraes Jardim Chagas <ronisbr@gmail.com>:
> Hello fellows,
>
> I started to code a new application to make some daily tasks easier with
> portage. It is called KPortageTray.
>
> It is coded with PyKDE, so, unfortunately (or fortunately :D) you will ne=
ed
> PyKDE and KDE to install it.
> I'm not sure if I make something that will need portage 2.2, if anyone ca=
n
> tell me I'll appreciate.
>
> By now, I just implemented some very common tasks like:
>
> - Sync portage tree;
> - Upgrade world set;
> - Check if there are upgrade available;
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0* I'll make something to schedule it in future=
versions.
> - Upgrade portage version;
> - Run etc-update, revdep-rebuild or execute dep-clean at the system.
>
> I used a very simple approach: for every actions that the user must see t=
he
> output, a script execute a konsole with kdesu. With this way, isn't neces=
sary
> to run the application as root which, in my opinion, is better.
>
> This application can save some typing with daily tasks, but it will never
> substitute CLI, since some complicate things is very hard to handle. For
> example, if there are some Block, KPortageTray warning the user, show the
> output from emerge and let the user resolve it. But, since it is very unc=
ommon
> to have a Block, this software can really save some time.
>
> I make some tests but it is at the beginning of development, so I'm askin=
g for
> help do add new features / give ideas / report bugs. If the community lik=
e it,
> maybe I'll open a git repository somewhere.
>
> I took three screenshots:
>
> http://yfrog.com/7akportagetray01p
> http://yfrog.com/11kportagetray02p
> http://yfrog.com/b6kportagetray03p
>
> And I'm attaching tarball and ebuild (80KiB ~) and I would appreciate if
> someone test it and give me a feedback :)
>
> My future plans is to make possible to use just PyQT instead PyKDE or mak=
e a
> version using PyGTK.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Ronan Arraes Jardim Chagas
> Control and Automation Engineer
> Gentoo Foundation Member
>