yes, this project for me is only for fun. my question is: we need a simplex synaptic or a lighter USC?
Stephen Smally On 28/07/2011 21:28, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Le Thursday 28 July 2011 à 17:29 +0200, Stefano a écrit : >> i can say that on my 64 bit system lubuntu software center uses 50 MB >> RAM less than ubuntu software center (30 mb). the script will be less >> weight than 1 MB, it depends only on gtk and apt. >> anyway i think that lubuntu software center should be a kind of more >> user-friendly synaptic, and not a totally light-rewritten on ubuntu >> software center. > > The initial plan was to rewrite the front-end of Software-center, to > make it simpler and lighter than the current one. Rewrite an entire > application is IMO too much of work, and you loose all the "invisible" > work done by USC. > > If you want to work on a separate program, why not, but it needs, at > least, to be better than Synaptic, and have real advantages vs USC. You > need to think about depends, memory usage, but also UI. There is no > sense to do a software-center if the UI is worst than Synaptic. Also, > package manager need to be very stable and well tested, it's an > important piece of the system. > > Currently, your program is not ready to replace the 2 previous examples. > If you want to continue, be aware that it will be more complex than you > think to build it from scratch. > > Regards, > Julien Lavergne > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
