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[Charl Wentzel <charl.wentzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, please.  Have a look at the mailing list,  There were already some
discussion on the design between me and Jay.

charl

On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 11:45 +0930, Ryan Macnish wrote:

> 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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