Hi, Dermot. That sounds like a perfect solution. Is there an HTML standard that all this material is coded to, like HTML 4.01 Transitional, or XHTML 1.1? -tdc
On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:42 AM, Dermot McCluskey wrote: > Tom, > > I'm planning to add a .desktop file so the book can > be accessed from the gnome-panel Launch menu. > > I was going to call "firefox file:///usr/share/doc/..." > directly from the .desktop file, so that's why I added > a dep. on firefox, but thinking more about it, it > would be better to call "gnome-open file:///..." and > let that deal with whatever browser is configured, if > any. So, I'll update the 1-pager to remove the firefox > dep. and mention the use of GNOME interfaces and > gnome-open instead. > > Is that reasonable? > > > Thanks, > - Dermot > > > > On 11/19/08 17:52, Tom Childers wrote: >> Does this product actually depend on Firefox, or can any browser >> display it? (Understood, there may not be any other viable >> alternatives...but I'm not sure FF should be an imported interface.) >> Is there an HTML standard that this product depends on? That would >> be an appropriate imported interface. >> -tdc >> On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:29 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: >>> >>> Template Version: @(#)onepager.txt 1.35 07/11/07 SMI >>> Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems >>> >>> 1. Introduction >>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: >>> >>> diveintopython 5.4 >>> >>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: >>> >>> Dermot McCluskey >>> >>> 1.3. Date of This Document: >>> >>> 17-Nov-2008 >>> >>> 1.3.1. Date this project was conceived: >>> >>> 01-Oct-2008 >>> >>> 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: >>> >>> robert.odea at sun.com >>> >>> 1.4.4. The name of your business unit: >>> >>> OPG / OpenSource. >>> >>> 1.5. Email Aliases: >>> 1.5.1. Responsible Manager: >>> >>> tom.garland at sun.com >>> >>> 1.5.2. Responsible Engineer: >>> >>> dermot.mccluskey at sun.com >>> >>> 1.5.3. Marketing Manager: >>> >>> glynn.foster at sun.com >>> >>> 1.5.4. Interest List: >>> >>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> >>> 4. Technical Description: >>> 4.1. Details: >>> >>> Dive Into Python is a book for developers using the Python >>> programming language. It is an open-source community >>> project that >>> is available is several formats, including printed book, but >>> this >>> proposal will add the HTML format version of the book into >>> OpenSolaris. Dive Into Python is already included in several >>> Linux distributions. >>> >>> The book is available from the community in several languages. >>> This proposal will initially add the English language >>> edition. If >>> sufficient interest is expressed, we will consider adding >>> some or >>> all of the additional languages. >>> >>> This proposal adds Dive Into Python 5.4, the latest version, >>> to >>> OpenSolaris. This version of the book is applicable to all >>> versions of the Python language and discusses versions of >>> Python >>> up to 2.3.2. >>> >>> A .desktop menu file will be provided so that the book can be >>> accessed from the Developer Tools section of the Launch menu. >>> >>> This proposal seeks Minor release binding. >>> >>> 4.2. Bug/RFE Number(s): >>> >>> None. >>> >>> 4.3. In Scope: >>> >>> See above. >>> >>> 4.4. Out of Scope: >>> >>> See above. >>> >>> 4.5. Interfaces: >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Exported Stability Comments >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> SUNWdiveintopython Uncommitted >>> >>> /usr/share/doc/diveintopython/ Uncommitted Location of >>> book >>> >>> /usr/share/applications/diveintopython.desktop >>> Uncommitted >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Imported Stability Comments >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> firefox Uncommitted LSARC 2008/158 >>> >>> >>> 4.6. Doc Impact: >>> >>> The project consists entirely of documentation. >>> >>> 4.7. Admin/Config Impact: >>> >>> None. >>> >>> 4.8. HA Impact: >>> >>> None. >>> >>> 4.9. I18N/L10N Impact: >>> >>> The JDS and G11N teams are working together to evaluate and >>> provide >>> I18N/L10N support. >>> >>> Localized translations of the book may, in future, be added to >>> OpenSolaris but these will be taken from the Dive Into Python >>> community and would not be created by Sun. In-house >>> localization >>> will be restricted to the .desktop menu file and other minor >>> additions. >>> >>> 4.10. Packaging & Delivery: >>> >>> Adds one new package, SUNWdiveintopython. >>> >>> 4.11. Security Impact: >>> >>> None. >>> >>> 4.12. Dependencies: >>> >>> This package depends of the software listed in the Imported >>> Interfaces section. >>> >>> In addition, although not a strict dependency, a Python >>> interpreter >>> will obviously be needed to make best use of the book. >>> >>> 5. Reference Documents: >>> The Dive Into Python homepage: http://diveintopython.org >>> >>> LSARC 2008/158, Firefox 3 for Solaris Nevada >>>
