On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 08:32, Bluefuture wrote: > From: Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Bluefuture <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Debian-update Gnome applet] > Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:28:42 -0500 > > Content-Description: Messaggio inoltrato - Re: Debian-update Gnome applet > > It is WAY to big... it uses alot of space showing all the text, you > > should use small icons to indicate the different states instead. > > Obviously. I couldn't find any stock icons that fit, so it uses > placeholder text until I come up with decent icons. (See TODO)
Along the same lines as this, it doesn't seem to fit on a 24pixel panel when its updating. The progress bar gets drawn below the text. I suppose when proper icons are used (a la rhn-applet), then the size will be significantly reduced. > > I'm not logged in as root, so this must be solved in some way. I can't > > run apt-get update. Aptitude only loads the current cache, so it will > > never find any updates without me manually run apt-get update. And what > > is the point then. When updates are available it should popup som > > authentication dialog to allow me to do updates from my user account. > > It can; double-click on the applet when updates are available or look > at the Preferences dialog. > > > So how could this be done? I don't know but wouldn't it be possible to > > download the package-lists according to the global-apt preferenses and > > compare them to the installed packages? I guess that might be quite alot > > of work though... :-/ > > That's what it does. > > > It should not be an applet but a small daemon that registers with the > > session-manager using the notification-area to indicate when stuff are > > available for download. The preferenses should be installed as a > > separate applet (like the control-center struff). > > I don't understand this paragraph. What Daniel is saying is that instead of a panel-applet, make it a small daemon that runs in the notification area (again, a la rhn-applet). The rhn-applet will restart itself when you log back in (the registering with session-manager stuff). I'm not sure about the preferences sentence though... > Daniel -- Link Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
