Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-26 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Hi i just created a preliminary page [1] in debian's wiki about the web frontend module i posted about some times ago: it contains status of the project, links to source code and to screenshots. Feedback is very welcomed :) Attilio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-26 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: Hi i just created a preliminary page [1] in debian's wiki about the web frontend module i posted about some times ago: it contains status of the project, links to source code and to screenshots. whoops, the page is

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-07 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Hi I just uploaded [1] updated source code for the web frontend i was writing for cdebconf: it's now almost complete in many of the most important parts (tough many FIXME still can be found in the code) and seems to be reasonably stable. I would like very much if someone could review the

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-05 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Eddy Petrişor wrote: On 04/07/06, Attilio Fiandrotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This evening i built a test tarball, similar to those i used to build when developing the GTK frontend, to test the web frontend with thttpd in a real d-i environement. The results were encouraging, even if a lot of

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-04 Thread Eddy Petrişor
On 04/07/06, Attilio Fiandrotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This evening i built a test tarball, similar to those i used to build when developing the GTK frontend, to test the web frontend with thttpd in a real d-i environement. The results were encouraging, even if a lot of work has to be done

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-03 Thread Eddy Petrişor
On 03/07/06, Attilio Fiandrotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone has a better candidate than webfs ()? I think thttpd[1] has also cgi support, you might want to look at that, too. It is a little bit bigger, but probably, as an udeb, it can be smaller. [1]

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-03 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Eddy Petrişor wrote: On 03/07/06, Attilio Fiandrotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone has a better candidate than webfs ()? I think thttpd[1] has also cgi support, you might want to look at that, too. It is a little bit bigger, but probably, as an udeb, it can be smaller. Good advice

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-03 Thread Eddy Petrişor
On 03/07/06, Attilio Fiandrotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone has a better candidate than webfs ()? I think thttpd[1] has also cgi support, you might want to look at that, too. It is a little bit bigger, but probably, as an udeb, it can be smaller. Good advice : i installed thttpd

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-03 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Eddy Petrişor wrote: On 03/07/06, Attilio Fiandrotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone has a better candidate than webfs ()? I think thttpd[1] has also cgi support, you might want to look at that, too. It is a little bit bigger, but probably, as an udeb, it can be smaller. Good

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-07-02 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Hi Following up to myself, i'm posting some updates about the web frontend [1] for cdebconf that i'm writing (the idea is allowing people to remotely install Debian with a web browser). Original design of the frontend included development of an HTTP server that should have took care of

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-06-13 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Monday 12 June 2006 15:10, Stephen R Marenka wrote: I think it sounds pretty cool. m68k would certainly benefit from it, and other archs as well (think serverroom). And I also think it's cool! Nice work. regards, Holger pgpvByu34v7kA.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-06-13 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Monday 12 June 2006 15:10, Stephen R Marenka wrote: I think it sounds pretty cool. m68k would certainly benefit from it, and other archs as well (think serverroom). And I also think it's cool! Nice work. thank you, and as there seem to be some interest in

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-06-12 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 05:14:38PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: I would like to have some feedback from you: do you think this frontend module could be somehow useful and is worth to be furtherly developed? is there anyone interested in working on it? I think it sounds pretty cool. m68k

Re: A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-06-12 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Stephen R Marenka wrote: On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 05:14:38PM +0200, Attilio Fiandrotti wrote: I would like to have some feedback from you: do you think this frontend module could be somehow useful and is worth to be furtherly developed? is there anyone interested in working on it? I think

A web-based frontend for the cdebconf

2006-06-11 Thread Attilio Fiandrotti
Hi when i first started working on the graphical frontend for the d-i, i wanted to build something that allowed people to install the debian using an HTML browser. This would have allowed remote (once the network had setup by preseeding it) and local graphical installations too, if an HTML