[gobolinux-devel] GMan - A Manager for GNOME

[Andrew Stormont]

Hi,

> I don't know just how far in you are, but you might find it nice
> to use AbsTk to build the interface and add GTK+ support to it, so it
> would work everywhere

I had thought about it, and I may very well do in the future.

I always thought it was strange that the original Manager didn't use it.

> I'd also suggest you take a look at Freshen and the libraries it
> provides, that might be helpful in finding and installing the updates.

I took a look at Freshen but I couldn't get it to work.

I also had a look at other commands like ShowPackages and GetAvailable,
which I originally used as the backend for GMan.

It worked alright for a little while (although it was total crack!) that is,

until the package list became an hour old and Scripts decided it had to be
updated, then everything just fell apart, It totally killed GMan.

So what I do now is i parse the .conf files for various scripts and maintain
my own package list separate from the rest of the Scripts, although I am
updating the descriptions the same way the other scripts do.

Its only updated when you click the "Refresh" button, which suits me better
as my internet connection is about as stable as a one legged donkey.

So you can see there will be a few issues in the first release (candidate)
:P

Andy

PS:

GMan reveals just how many packages dont have a description,
is there some sort of API I could hook into to let users submit one?

That would be killer.


2008/12/19 Michael Homer <michael at gobolinux.org>

> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Andrew Stormont
> <andyjstormont at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just wanted to let you guys know I've been working on an alternative to
> > Manager written in PyGTK, GMan.
> >
> > Right now GMan has some GNOME dependencies, but if enough people complain
> > I'll ditch them.
> >
> > I also only supports packages right now, recipe support will be added in
> the
> > future.
> >
> > Other than that it should make a nice Manager alternative for both GNOME
> and
> > XFCE users.
> Thanks for that, an updated Manager would be great to have in any
> case. I don't know just how far in you are, but you might find it nice
> to use AbsTk to build the interface and add GTK+ support to it, so it
> would work everywhere. Someone else is working on an updated Qt4
> version of it as well, I gather, so you might be able to work together
> that way and save duplicating effort.
>
> I'd also suggest you take a look at Freshen and the libraries it
> provides, that might be helpful in finding and installing the updates.
> Current Manager has suffered a bit from lack of attention and has a
> few problems, so getting everything onto a common platform would be
> handy. You'd get the recipe support for free, too.
> -Michael
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