dialog for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/446 FastTrack timeout 07/22/2008]

[Brian Cameron]

Reading these materials, it wasn't initially clear to me how this
project is different than zenity (which allows you to display GTK+
dialogs from shell scripts).  After checking the dialog website, I
found that it is used for displaying curses (or text-based) widgets.
So that is how it is different.  It would be nice if the case materials
could be updated to make this more clear.

Also, I am curious what projects we plan to integrate might depend on
or use this interface.  Are we providing this so that Solaris users
can simply use the dialog interfaces if they want, or are there
particular programs we plan on integrating which use these interfaces?

If these interfaces are intended for Solaris users to make use of,
then should the interfaces be Uncommitted rather than Volatile?  It
doesn't seem much good to provide interfaces for providing dialogs
via shell scripts if the interfaces might change or break.

Brian


Shi-Ying Irene Huang wrote:
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
>     1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> 	 dialog for OpenSolaris
>     1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> 	 Author:  Jim Li
>     1.3  Date of This Document:
> 	15 July, 2008
> 4. Technical Description
> 1. Introduction
>    1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> 
>         Dialog
> 
>    1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> 
>         Jim Li
> 
>    1.3. Date of This Document:
> 
>         07/10/08
>         
>         1.3.1. Date this project was conceived:
> 
>         N/A
> 
>    1.4. Name of Major Document Customer(s)/Consumer(s):
>         1.4.1. The PAC or CPT you expect to review your project:
> 
>                 Solaris PAC
> 
>         1.4.2. The ARC(s) you expect to review your project:
> 
>                 LSARC
> 
>         1.4.3. The Director/VP who is "Sponsoring" this project:
> 
>                 rebert.odea at Sun.Com
> 
>         1.4.4. The name of your business unit:
> 
>                 OPG / OpenSource
> 
>    1.5. Email Aliases:
>         1.5.1. Responsible Manager:
> 
>                 leo.binchy at sun.com
> 
>         1.5.2. Responsible Engineer:
> 
>                 jim.li at sun.com
> 
>         1.5.3. Marketing Manager:
> 
>                 dan.robert at sun.com
> 
>         1.5.4. Interest List:
> 
>                 desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
> 
> 
> 4. Technical Description:
>     4.1. Details:
> 
>         This application provides a method of displaying serveral different
>         types of dialog boxes from shell scripts. This allows a developer
>         of a script to interact with the user in a much friendlier manner.
> 
>     4.2. Bug/RFE Number(s):
> 
>         None.
>     
>     4.3. In Scope:
> 
>         None.
> 
>     4.4. Out of Scope:
> 
>         None.
>     
>     4.5. Interfaces:
> 
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------
>         Exported                       Stability          Comments
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------
>         SUNWdialog                     Uncommitted        package name
>         /usr/bin/dialog                Volatile           CLI
>         /usr/share/man/man1/dialog .1  Volatile           man page
>         /usr/share/doc/dialog/examples/*
>                                        Volatile           example scripts
> 
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------
>         Imported              Stability    ARC case      Comments
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------
>         /lib/libcurses.so.1   public      
>         /lib/libm.so.2        public
>         /lib/libc.so.1        pubilc
> 
>     4.6. Doc Impact:
> 
>         Community provided man pages will be installed.
>     
>     4.7. Admin/Config Impact:
> 
>         None.
>     
>     4.8. HA Impact:
> 
>         None.
>     
>     4.9. I18N/L10N Impact:
> 
>         The JDS team and G11N are working together to evaluate and
>         provide L18N/L10N support.
>     
>     4.10. Packaging & Delivery:
> 
>         Add new packages, SUNWdialog, approximately 387,4kb
>     
>     4.11. Security Impact:
> 
>         None.
>     
>     4.12. Dependencies:
> 
>         None.
> 
> 5. Reference Documents:
> 
>         Dialog community
>         http://invisible-island.net/dialog/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 6. Resources and Schedule
>     6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>    	6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> 		Desktop
>     6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>     6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>