Re: [Libravatar-fans] Proof of Concept for Libravatar-dbus
Hi! I like the idea of having a dbus service, but I'm afraid I have no idea about implementing a dbus service and not even a clue who could eventually help here. Sorry for the negative reply :-( Oliver On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 10:17 PM clime wrote: > On Mon, 9 Mar 2020 at 21:23, Sheogorath > wrote: > > > > Hello fellow fans, > > > > Last Friday I was looking at the progress we made with on evolution, > > the mail client.[1] And of course now other Gnome applications look at > > these changes and we will most likely end up with a bunch of libravatar > > implementations all over the place in Gnome and most of them will > > probably be incomplete. > > > > Therefore I started a little Proof of Concept application that would > > take care of the libravatar implementation and boil it down to a dbus > > IPC call that would simply give you a local avatar file.[2] > > > > For now you get the path to the file, due to NodeJS limitations that > > doesn't allow you to pass file handles through dbus. But a proper > > implementation could hand over file handles and this way even allow > > sandboxed applications to access them. > > > > Therefore I have 2 things I want to know from you: > > > > 1. What do you think about the general idea? Does it make sense to > > proceed on this or is it a waste of time and applications should > > implement it themselves using the existing libraries? > > 2. What would be the proper way to implement a dbus interface here? > > It's my first project that uses dbus and I'm not really used to all > > concepts etc. > > > > For your information: Of course the NodeJS implementation is not great > > and brings a bunch of problems with it. Therefore for a future > > implementation I would like to go for rust instead. All guidance and > > help is very welcome as I'm not a rust developer yet. > > I think it is a very good idea but I can't really help you on the > technical side of things as I don't have an experience with dbus. > > But yeah, sounds interesting! > clime > > > > > Alternatively I could also imagine getting this implementation > > integrated in some other service, but I'm not sure which one would be a > > good candicate. Gnome contacts maybe? > > > > [1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/793 > > [2]: https://git.shivering-isles.com/shivering-isles/libravatar-dbus > > -- > > Signed > > Sheogorath > > > > OpenPGP: https://shivering-isles.com/openpgp/0xFCB98C2A3EC6F601.txt > > > > > > ___ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans > > Post to : libravatar-fans@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans > Post to : libravatar-fans@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans Post to : libravatar-fans@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Libravatar-fans] Proof of Concept for Libravatar-dbus
On Mon, 9 Mar 2020 at 21:23, Sheogorath wrote: > > Hello fellow fans, > > Last Friday I was looking at the progress we made with on evolution, > the mail client.[1] And of course now other Gnome applications look at > these changes and we will most likely end up with a bunch of libravatar > implementations all over the place in Gnome and most of them will > probably be incomplete. > > Therefore I started a little Proof of Concept application that would > take care of the libravatar implementation and boil it down to a dbus > IPC call that would simply give you a local avatar file.[2] > > For now you get the path to the file, due to NodeJS limitations that > doesn't allow you to pass file handles through dbus. But a proper > implementation could hand over file handles and this way even allow > sandboxed applications to access them. > > Therefore I have 2 things I want to know from you: > > 1. What do you think about the general idea? Does it make sense to > proceed on this or is it a waste of time and applications should > implement it themselves using the existing libraries? > 2. What would be the proper way to implement a dbus interface here? > It's my first project that uses dbus and I'm not really used to all > concepts etc. > > For your information: Of course the NodeJS implementation is not great > and brings a bunch of problems with it. Therefore for a future > implementation I would like to go for rust instead. All guidance and > help is very welcome as I'm not a rust developer yet. I think it is a very good idea but I can't really help you on the technical side of things as I don't have an experience with dbus. But yeah, sounds interesting! clime > > Alternatively I could also imagine getting this implementation > integrated in some other service, but I'm not sure which one would be a > good candicate. Gnome contacts maybe? > > [1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/793 > [2]: https://git.shivering-isles.com/shivering-isles/libravatar-dbus > -- > Signed > Sheogorath > > OpenPGP: https://shivering-isles.com/openpgp/0xFCB98C2A3EC6F601.txt > > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans > Post to : libravatar-fans@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans Post to : libravatar-fans@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Libravatar-fans] Proof of Concept for Libravatar-dbus
Hello fellow fans, Last Friday I was looking at the progress we made with on evolution, the mail client.[1] And of course now other Gnome applications look at these changes and we will most likely end up with a bunch of libravatar implementations all over the place in Gnome and most of them will probably be incomplete. Therefore I started a little Proof of Concept application that would take care of the libravatar implementation and boil it down to a dbus IPC call that would simply give you a local avatar file.[2] For now you get the path to the file, due to NodeJS limitations that doesn't allow you to pass file handles through dbus. But a proper implementation could hand over file handles and this way even allow sandboxed applications to access them. Therefore I have 2 things I want to know from you: 1. What do you think about the general idea? Does it make sense to proceed on this or is it a waste of time and applications should implement it themselves using the existing libraries? 2. What would be the proper way to implement a dbus interface here? It's my first project that uses dbus and I'm not really used to all concepts etc. For your information: Of course the NodeJS implementation is not great and brings a bunch of problems with it. Therefore for a future implementation I would like to go for rust instead. All guidance and help is very welcome as I'm not a rust developer yet. Alternatively I could also imagine getting this implementation integrated in some other service, but I'm not sure which one would be a good candicate. Gnome contacts maybe? [1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/793 [2]: https://git.shivering-isles.com/shivering-isles/libravatar-dbus -- Signed Sheogorath OpenPGP: https://shivering-isles.com/openpgp/0xFCB98C2A3EC6F601.txt ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans Post to : libravatar-fans@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~libravatar-fans More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
