[desktop-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] New project: JPack - install your software easily !

[Michal Pryc]

Peter Tribble wrote:
>> > Interesting! The focus is rather different, but there's some
>> > overlap with what I've been hacking into solview recently:
>> >
>> > http://www.petertribble.co.uk/Solaris/solview.html
>> >
>> > when I get onto a real computer I'll definitely have a play with it.
> 
> Definitely in the prototype stage, but has some interesting
> features. Some detailed comments:
> 
> I don't like the way it strips the SUNW prefix off the package
> names. This makes it very hard to see what's actually
> going on.
This was Idea that Alberto Ruiz bring up. For "normal" users SUNW
doesn't mean too much, and having a lot of packages that begins with
SUNW make GUI less redible. I left CBE* and CSW* packages. The idea was
to remove prefix and add in the Information tab icon or info telling
what type of package it is.

> Checking gid=0 from the output of id isn't necessarily
> accurate as a check of whether the user can install
> packages.
Prototype :-) Normally I should check for each packaging system,
different thing (like "Software Installation" user attribute for CBE)

> The counts of files in a package aren't accurate [...]
I did not focuse on the Solaris packages, that is why it is not the most
effective.

> At the moment, anyway. I was planning on adding elements of actual
> package manipulation eventually. Seems wasteful for us both to do
> it independently!
> 
> I would be happy to help out, or you could just lift bits of solview.
I am a big fan of not duplicating work, so it would be really fantastic
if you would like to contribute to this project.

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all the best
Michal Pryc