Hmm... well, I need cash... a 6-CPU SparcStation... ;-) On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > I'd like to compose a list of what is needed for gnome-apt. I know some > generalities, but could I have something more specific? >
You mean what is needed in libapt-pkg, right? Here are some things I can come up with quickly, in no particular order: - Internationalization. gnome-apt strings are translated by gettext, we already have a French translation from Vincent Renardias, but strings from apt-pkg are not translated. Possible solutions include using gettext in libapt-pkg, or having the apt-pkg strings be "replaceable" somehow. - Machine editing of sources.list - "Cancel" feature for download dialog - Fix for LongDesc() and that parser bug I reported earlier (if you haven't, I've been gone for a week) - For the Import/Export package list items, I'm not really sure what the implementation involves. Maybe it will involve apt-pkg. I haven't thought about it. - I still haven't written the "extract list of sections" function, perhaps this should be part of the cache? - gnome-apt is kind of a mess on handling multiple available versions. I was noticing this with apt-get too - not sure how to downgrade a package, or install a variant version. I want to fix this, but I don't feel that I know the Right Solution yet. I have a vague sense that something is missing in the library; perhaps I can't set the current Available Version? I would like to be able to say "use this version as the available one" and have all the other information update (Upgradeable(), etc.) - I kind of feel that "Package Status" should be a library thing. I randomly invented some status categories, but I think it would make sense for apt-get and any future frontends to use the same ones. This code (along with lots of other dubious code, often I don't know what the hell I'm doing when I move out of gnome-land :-) can be found in pkgutil.cc. I'm sort of tired and out of it but that's all I can think of for now. The TODO list for gnome-apt itself is much longer of course - yikes! It's been incredibly fun to write this app because the library underneath is so powerful, and all I have to do is stick on chrome. Complicated chrome, but mere chrome nonetheless. :-) Havoc
