On 09/16/09 01:04 PM, Rich Reynolds wrote:

> Shawn Walker wrote:
>> I believe he was just indicating that the *icon* shouldn't appear on 
>> the desktop; 


Why not?   I thought there was so much positive discussion around
providing a partition tool for OpenSolaris, especially one that could
shrink existing NTFS laptops to make room,  that we would want this
very obvious/visible/discoverable.

Yes, we could leave it burried in a menu somewhere, but for my
2 cent "ease of use, good first experience" marketing opinion,
I'd put the icon on the desktop very visibly next to the install icon.

Neal


nothing about whether the software should be installed.
>>
>> Rich Reynolds wrote:
>>> Frank -
>>>
>>> what is the logic for it not being available on the installed 
>>> system??? it is a useful tool for running systems as well as for 
>>> systems in the "building' phase...
>>>
>>> rich
>>>
>>> Frank Ludolph wrote:
>>>> Mark,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your effort! The GParted icon should go on the LiveCD 
>>>> desktop in order to make its availability obvious. The icon should 
>>>> *not* appear on the installed system desktop. In both cases I think 
>>>> GParted should appear in Applications>System.
>>>>
>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>> Mark Logan wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> GParted is a popular open source disk partition editor/resizer. I 
>>>>> now have it working. I tested it with the OS 2009.06 Live CD. I 
>>>>> would like to add it to the next Live CD. To add it to the CD, I 
>>>>> need space for about 12MB of commands and libraries.
>>>>>
>>>>> GParted will be going into the Desktop consolidation soon. 
>>>>> Everything else is already in either Desktop or ON.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do I need to do to get it on the next Live CD?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a list of everything that needs to be added to the CD:
>>>>>
>>>>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff        1086 Jun 24 05:00 gparted
>>>>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff     3816920 Jun 24 12:33 gpartedbin
>>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 ml40262    staff      366484 Jun 24 05:05 
>>>>> libatkmm-1.6.so.1
>>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 ml40262    staff      159400 Jun 24 05:07 
>>>>> libcairomm-1.0.so.1
>>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 ml40262    staff      431068 Jun 24 05:05 
>>>>> libgdkmm-2.4.so.1
>>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 ml40262    staff      594656 Jun 24 05:04 
>>>>> libgiomm-2.4.so.1
>>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 ml40262    staff      537116 Jun 24 05:08 
>>>>> libglibmm-2.4.so.1
>>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 ml40262    staff     4781484 Jun 24 05:03 
>>>>> libgtkmm-2.4.so.1
>>>>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff      383032 Jun 24 04:58 libntfs.so.10
>>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 ml40262    staff      259692 Jun 24 05:06 
>>>>> libpangomm-1.4.so.1
>>>>> -rwxr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff      710988 Jun 24 04:58 
>>>>> libparted.so.8
>>>>> -rw-r--r--   1 ml40262    staff       36708 Jun 24 05:08 
>>>>> libsigc-2.0.so.0
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff      101864 Jun 24 04:58 mkntfs
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       33476 Jun 24 04:58 ntfscat
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       56720 Jun 24 04:58 ntfsclone
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       38340 Jun 24 04:58 ntfscluster
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       38580 Jun 24 04:58 ntfscmp
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       37888 Jun 24 04:58 ntfscp
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       37508 Jun 24 04:58 ntfsfix
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       64356 Jun 24 04:58 ntfsinfo
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       33272 Jun 24 04:58 ntfslabel
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       34760 Jun 24 04:58 ntfsls
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       65336 Jun 24 04:58 ntfsresize
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       59164 Jun 24 04:58 ntfsundelete
>>>>> -r-xr-xr-x   1 ml40262    staff       81616 Jun 24 04:58 parted
>>>>>
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