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[Charl Wentzel <charl.wentzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ryan

Don't worry about me.  I've got 20 yrs programming experience of which 7
is C++ on Linux.  I do embedded systems so I only do command line work,
that's why I haven't done any Linux GUI.  I have however done GUI work
in Windows.

As you do the front-end I'll pull your work from the repository and see
how its done.  I'm always game for learning something new.

Regards
Charl

On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 14:46 +0930, Ryan Macnish wrote:

> Excellent, this is what we want to see. I like your plan Jay, Ill
> start looking for a free host with php and mysql support, I think its
> best if i do the website and its content and you do the database, ss
> scripting side of things since we both seem to know what we are
> talking about in those areas. 
> 
> Im agreeing with Jay about the "Devbuntu Package Manager" name and we
> could even shorten that when talking about it alot to "DPM" which
> sounds pretty cool too.
> 
> If there is anything site related that you guys need please tell me
> about it. One thing to consider is whether we want pop3 or imap email
> with our web hosting.
> 
> Also we are going to need a GUI frontend for the DPM and i think the
> best choice is gtk+, Python and Glade.
> 
> Also Charl what are your techie skills like? Id just like to know so
> that i can adjust how i say things and such so that you can better
> understand it.
> 
> > Subject: RE: [Dubuntu-team] Hey guys
> > From: jay.27182818@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: charl.wentzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx; dubuntu-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:52:45 +0300
> > 
> > hi charl.
> > yup, i agree. i think you should create a thread called something
> like
> > 'database structure' for all relevant discussions. i'm gonna setup a
> > local mysql server to start playing with a possible layout. as well
> i'm
> > planning to create a simple control panel in php that will allow you
> to
> > manage records and browse the db. i guess we need some free
> php/mysql
> > hosting - don't think that we need something paid at this stage. any
> > ideas?
> > 
> > btw what about this name for the package manager: 'devbuntu package
> > manager'. sounds similar to 'synaptic package manager' and quite
> > self-descriptive.
> > 
> > the overall structure of the package management system will consist
> of
> > four ingredients: a central database, a local copy (cache), a
> lowlevel
> > library that will handle actual package management, and ui
> components -
> > one for each ui library that we will support (gtk+, qt, ncurses(?)).
> if
> > you agree i will create a new page in our wiki for all relevant
> ideas.
> > 
> > it'd be nice if we create some plan or even schedule to keep things
> > under control. what you say?
> > 
> > regards,
> > jay
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 11:10 +0200, Charl Wentzel wrote:
> > > Hi Guys
> > > 
> > > Thanks! (Good to hear from you again Jay!) I think we all got
> caught
> > > up with other things. At least there now 3 "excited" members. I
> > > started having guilt feelings about this project.
> > > 
> > > I'll create a few threads for questions to be answered. The idea
> is
> > > to have a separate thread for each question/issue so things don't
> get
> > > lost. Just give me some time.
> > > 
> > > I'm both a bzr and git fan. Since this is an Ubuntu project I
> think
> > > bzr woudl be the "right" choice. Also Lauchpad allows hosting of
> bzr
> > > repositories so we don't have to do it ourselves.
> > > 
> > > I'll have to review the mailing list entries again to see where we
> > > left off. But at this stage the most important thing is to keep it
> > > simple. We should use as much of the existing tools that are
> > > available rather than trying to create too many things ourselves
> at
> > > this stage. That could come later. If I remember correctly we were
> > > talking about kicking off with a simple tool that uses apt
> packages
> > > but with a different database that allows you to build up an
> > > environment by picking packages relevant to what you want to
> achieve.
> > > It should be able to show to you what tools work well together and
> > > make suggestions based on the experience of advanced users that
> added
> > > there knowledge to the database.
> > > 
> > > So the whole trick here is creating a knowledge base with a tool
> that
> > > allows you to pull from that knowledge base.
> > > 
> > > Jay, do you agree?
> > > 
> > > Charl
> > 
> 
> 
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