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[Ryan Macnish <nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok sounds great Charl, what if i start working on a mockup GUI? just so we can toss ideas around and modify it until we are happy. Or do we want to get the backend done first and then the GUI?

Subject: RE: [Dubuntu-team] Hey guys
From: charl.wentzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx
CC: jay.27182818@xxxxxxxxx; dubuntu-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:12:17 +0200






  
  


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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