On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:24 PM, kunal ghosh <kunal.t2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > the gui is my project for CodeFor Freedom organized by SUN microsystems > > india, i wanted to do gui in gtk but for > > many constraints i chose to do it in java & swing, anyways the stuff is > not > > ready fully. > > > > for the code.. > > > https://distroconstructorgui.dev.java.net/source/browse/distroconstructorgui/ > > > That's cool. > Would you mind if I start my original goal to make something in gtk, > maybe based on your ideas ? that's absolutely fine , i could also join you ! anyways i was planning a rewrite in pygtk ( as most of the api is in python) once the competetion was over.Java UI can at times get really slow ! > > > > > and about moinak's blog post do you mean, > > http://moinakg.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/the-belenix-package-manager/ > > > yep, plus related posts. > > > > please suggest some alternative way to get the detailed info of packages > , > > is it stored in the website or the authority ? > > > What and where exactly, are you having in mind the set of packages > which goes into the new LiveCD? http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/en/index.shtml under Browse Packages select the build you have and press Browse select any package and we get the info about that. The only problem is that unlike the opensolaris repo site, other repos like the one at blastwave http://blastwave.network.com:10000/ do not have the info on the site :-( in such a case this approach is not viable either. > > Sorry for my previous response, I was half-asleep. Why would you call > the IPS pkg command? > Why not simply write a GU-interface for exactly each step the > sliminstall-version of DC is performing? you mean directly use the api right ? the api is in python , and to use it ill have to use jython. I have not quite, been able to understand how jython works :-( > > Which table do you want to build (table of pkgs for the new distro?), the table which lists all the packages the user can add in his/her distro. These are the packages registered with the available package authorities ( repositories ). > > which functionality do you want it to have? > Start simple, by matching the current DC 1:1 (only in GUI mode). you mean use the same python functions pkg command uses internally should be used to get the results but using the gui right ? > > Extra features, if desired, should wait. > > > %martin > -- Kunal Ghosh BE 4th semester Dept of Computer Sc. & Engineering. Sir MVIT Bangalore,India Quote: Live Long And Prosper.--A popular Vulcan salutation Website:www.kunalghosh.net46.net Blog:kunalghosh.wordpress.com V-card:http://tinyurl.com/86qjyk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/caiman-discuss/attachments/20090330/54c37766/attachment.html>
