[Elementary-dev-community] Developing for Isis
I'm trying to work on a Switchboard plug, but after grabbing the branch for a sample plug from Launchpad, it seems that I require Switchboard 2.0. According to the blog post by the core developers, it only exists in Isis. So how am I supposed to develop anything for Isis with without being able to use it? Some people on the Google+ page recommend getting Ubuntu 14.04 and installing the elementary PPA's, but then a core developer will come along and shoot that person down, saying that that method isn't actually Isis (i.e It lacks some sort of packages or something), and therefore isn't valid (Or something along those lines). Maybe I'm just not searching hard enough. There seems to be this massive campaign from the core devs to Get Involved, though there's for me to test my involvement on. The whole point of releasing a beta is for developers to test their software. I also understand that if you released a beta for developers, people who are not developers would just jump all over it. Surely there's someway to bridge that gap. I hate to be that guy that just criticizes, so I'd love to help out in getting some sort of developer documentation going. I've the seen the Google Doc, and read the site, while they're helpful in some extents, they surely don't cover what I've explained above. Thanks, -- *Mark Raymond Jr.* -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Elementary-dev-community] Developing for Isis
You can develop for Isis in Ubuntu 14.04, it's not Isis, but you don't need Isis, you need to use some libraries. These libraries are a lot easier to install if you use Ubuntu 14.04, because I don't know if there are any usable Isis builds or if the scripts are working, the last time I tried, it didn't work. So, install Ubuntu 14.04 and the elementary daily ppa, then you will need a newer version of Gtk. I recomend you to download and manually install the packages from here (instead adding the ppa): https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/testing/+packages only install what you need, be careful because you can break your system. 2014-04-08 23:33 GMT-04:00 Mark Raymond Jr. markrt...@gmail.com: I'm trying to work on a Switchboard plug, but after grabbing the branch for a sample plug from Launchpad, it seems that I require Switchboard 2.0. According to the blog post by the core developers, it only exists in Isis. So how am I supposed to develop anything for Isis with without being able to use it? Some people on the Google+ page recommend getting Ubuntu 14.04 and installing the elementary PPA's, but then a core developer will come along and shoot that person down, saying that that method isn't actually Isis (i.e It lacks some sort of packages or something), and therefore isn't valid (Or something along those lines). Maybe I'm just not searching hard enough. There seems to be this massive campaign from the core devs to Get Involved, though there's for me to test my involvement on. The whole point of releasing a beta is for developers to test their software. I also understand that if you released a beta for developers, people who are not developers would just jump all over it. Surely there's someway to bridge that gap. I hate to be that guy that just criticizes, so I'd love to help out in getting some sort of developer documentation going. I've the seen the Google Doc, and read the site, while they're helpful in some extents, they surely don't cover what I've explained above. Thanks, -- Mark Raymond Jr. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Elementary-dev-community] Developing for Isis
You've made several fair points. You should follow Erasmo's advise. Regarding GTK+, I'd recommend adding the elementary testing PPA instead: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-os/+archive/testing ... ... and then upgrade your system. Welcome aboard! :) On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Erasmo Marín erasmo.ma...@gmail.com wrote: You can develop for Isis in Ubuntu 14.04, it's not Isis, but you don't need Isis, you need to use some libraries. These libraries are a lot easier to install if you use Ubuntu 14.04, because I don't know if there are any usable Isis builds or if the scripts are working, the last time I tried, it didn't work. So, install Ubuntu 14.04 and the elementary daily ppa, then you will need a newer version of Gtk. I recomend you to download and manually install the packages from here (instead adding the ppa): https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/testing/+packages only install what you need, be careful because you can break your system. 2014-04-08 23:33 GMT-04:00 Mark Raymond Jr. markrt...@gmail.com: I'm trying to work on a Switchboard plug, but after grabbing the branch for a sample plug from Launchpad, it seems that I require Switchboard 2.0. According to the blog post by the core developers, it only exists in Isis. So how am I supposed to develop anything for Isis with without being able to use it? Some people on the Google+ page recommend getting Ubuntu 14.04 and installing the elementary PPA's, but then a core developer will come along and shoot that person down, saying that that method isn't actually Isis (i.e It lacks some sort of packages or something), and therefore isn't valid (Or something along those lines). Maybe I'm just not searching hard enough. There seems to be this massive campaign from the core devs to Get Involved, though there's for me to test my involvement on. The whole point of releasing a beta is for developers to test their software. I also understand that if you released a beta for developers, people who are not developers would just jump all over it. Surely there's someway to bridge that gap. I hate to be that guy that just criticizes, so I'd love to help out in getting some sort of developer documentation going. I've the seen the Google Doc, and read the site, while they're helpful in some extents, they surely don't cover what I've explained above. Thanks, -- Mark Raymond Jr. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
