Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 17 May 2006 22:31:14 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Is there some problem with: emerge -uND world || until emerge --resume --skipfirst; do :; done ? I would add 'emerge -uDNp world' to the end of that, so you can see any packages that were missed. A more complex version of

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-18 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew MacKenzie wrote: An ncurses interface would be nice, rather than a 'command line' version. That's the idea. - -- Arturo Buanzo Busleiman - VPN Mail Project - http://vpnmail.buanzo.com.ar Consultor en Seguridad Informatica -

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-18 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daevid Vincent wrote: I think this is a given, but just in case... It certainly should allow me to do an 'emerge -Davu world' equivallent, and allow me to then select only the packages (or all or none) to install and of course their

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-18 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 People, I've opened a pool at the Gentoo Forums for you to vote for the name you like the most, ok? http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-463518-highlight-.html And with this, I close this thread. Once we have the name, in 15 days time, I'll

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 18 May 2006 03:10, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser': On Wed, 17 May 2006 22:31:14 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Is there some problem with: emerge -uND world || until emerge --resume --skipfirst; do :; done ? I would

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-17 Thread Petr Kocmid
On Wednesday 17 May 2006 00:48, leszek wrote: 2) what additional functionality would you like? (mask/unmask packages, install/remove, emerge command generator [much like nmapfe], etc) a notification applet which emerge --sync every day in the background and warn us when there is

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-17 Thread Andrew MacKenzie
GUI primarily, but a console for scripting. I agree. An ncurses interface would be nice, rather than a 'command line' version. We already have 'scriptable' tools. mask/unmask would be nice, but it's not absolutely necessary install/remove is necessary ;-) emerge command generator might be

RE: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-17 Thread Daevid Vincent
I think this is a given, but just in case... It certainly should allow me to do an 'emerge -Davu world' equivallent, and allow me to then select only the packages (or all or none) to install and of course their dependencies. It should show me the 'blocking' packages (if any), and allow me to

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 17 May 2006 20:47, Daevid Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'RE: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser': It should absolutely be smart enough that if a package fails to compile, SKIP IT! And move on to the next one. There is nothing more frustrating than having like 100 packages

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 18:29 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 People, I'm working on a new portage browser, and I was looking for ideas from USERS, that's why I'm posting here. I've never found a program that would allow

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Vladimir G. Ivanovic
On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 18:29 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 People, I'm working on a new portage browser, and I was looking for ideas from USERS, that's why I'm posting here. I've never found a program that would allow

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Christoph Eckert
Hi, I'm working on a new portage browser, and I was looking for ideas from USERS, that's why I'm posting here. as I'm a Desktop user, I'll speak up ;-) . I've never found a program that would allow me to browse portage categories, then packages, showing in one window description, version,

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread b.n.
1) do you prefer a console, a GUI, or both? GUI primarily, but a console for scripting. I agree. 2) what additional functionality would you like? (mask/unmask packages, install/remove, emerge command generator [much like nmapfe], etc) mask/unmask would be nice, but it's

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Jeff Rollin
1) do you prefer a console, a GUI, or both? I would like to suggest a GUI, ncurses (console) functionality, and also commandline functionality (a la cfdisk/fdisk/sfdisk, but rolled into one) Jeff.

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Bennet Gedan
Hi Arturo On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 18:29 -0300, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote: I've never found a program that would allow me to browse portage categories, then packages, showing in one window description, version, etc, etc. you do know kuroo [1]? It's very kde-ish, but (or because of that)

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 b.n. wrote: I'd suggest Python too. Yep, it was definitely the way to go it seems. You can write an API and then 2 wrappers: - a console-based ncurses one - an X-based wxpython one (I recommend wx because it's quite easy to program, powerful

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Chocron wrote: QT4 is a great idea ! However, as I said, it would be great if the tool colud be used in the early stage of an install. That is, if it could be used with just portage and ncurses/slang emerged. QT4 catches my attention,

Re: [gentoo-user] New Portage browser

2006-05-16 Thread Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Sullivan wrote: I have mailman. I'll start a mailing list for you on it if you like. You should be forewarned that my wife and I are moving this weekend, so there might be a slight disruption in service (perhaps an hour on Friday if the