Hi, All I am extending the timeout to be this Friday. Jim would you please answer the questions from Brian?
Thanks --Irene Brian Cameron wrote: > > 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 >> >
