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[Senthil Kumar_Rsk <webrsk.ideas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Happy to see Keryx 1.0 released and the users are started using it :) :) :)
 Awesome work :) :)

*Catchy features and it will be really useful for the users :*

   - Premade profiles download
   - Clean download progress window
   - Managing multiple profiles
   - Simplified UI

*Few of the bugs which i have found:*

   - *Serious : *Downloaded a specific program (ex: cpuid) after i restarted
   the keryx and clicked Manage of same profile and selected the same program
   (ex:cpuid) which shows "Not Installed".
   - *Serious : *Parallel downloading packages for multiple profiles crashed
   keryx - Bug 697101 <https://bugs.launchpad.net/keryx/+bug/697101>
   - *Serious : *The status shows installed and that specific
   program[ex:cpushare] deb file is created with 0bytes when downloads are
   cancelled.
   - *Minor :* Kept the preferences tab opened and downloaded specific
   program[ex:cpushare] once downloaded it moves to preferences tab rather the
   packages list page.

*Features can be added:*

   - Showing download tab visible [or something like the status/summary page
   where can see what all happening which allows the user to understand the
   packages downoloaded, programs are downloaded...]
   - Highlighting the programs which already downloaded in different color.


Chris/ Mac -
Are we maintaining wiki which shows features to be added/TBD list ? It will
be useful to keep track of things to be done.

--
Thanks,
RSK

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:36 AM, mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Awesome work. Here are a few thoughts:
>
> = Premade Profiles tab: =
>  * The controls at the bottom-left are active when no profile is
> selected. Maybe one way to help direct the user's flow of thoughts
> would be to "gray out" those controls until a profile is selected.
>  * Could a name be suggested upon selecting a profile? For example, if
> I click Ubuntu 10.10 amd64, the name "ubuntu-10.10-amd64" could
> automatically appear in the name field. Or, hey! as an Easter egg, it
> could randomly pick from a list of names. That would be funny.
>  * I really like the donate link in the Premade Profiles tab. Is there
> any way we could work that into the main interface rather than a tab?
>  * As the profile downloads, the download indicator dialog grays out
> and nothing happens until the download is complete.
>
> = Download tab: =
>  * The Download tab is beautiful! One problem is that when you cancel
> downloads, you're stuck and have to restart Keryx.
>
> If you like any of those ideas but don't have time to implement them
> yourself, say the word and I'll give it a whirl.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Chris Oliver <excid3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If you guys don't mind trying out the latest...I've got some more
> additions
> > I've made, but it feels like the GTK interface is getting unstable.
> > Sometimes I get crashes out of the blue, and they don't come with any
> > errors. Restarting the app works just fine so I must be doing something
> > wrong with threading.
> > Terrible code. I really should have planned this out, but what can I say?
> :\
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Chris Oliver <excid3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yeah I forgot to mention that, I tested the update locally but forgot to
> >> change the live test one. And it also doesn't have a valid sources or
> >> status. It should write valid amd64 or i386 next time someone updates or
> >> starts a new one.
> >> So upload your profiles to the new site, and we will maintain them on
> that
> >> site now.
> >> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:01 AM, mac9416 <mac9416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> That's pretty darn cool! One problem though. The "Test Test" profile
> >>> has an invalid architecture value. Looks like supported architecture
> >>> strings are "amd64, armel, i386, ia64, powerpc, and sparc".
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Chris Oliver <excid3@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>> > So...I have been waiting for this for quite a while...
> >>> > http://profiles.keryxproject.org is now ready (as much as it can be
> I
> >>> > guess).
> >>> > The latest deb package that is building on Launchpad has support for
> >>> > downloading from this website and using them as profiles. This way we
> >>> > don't
> >>> > have to keep uploading things on our own, and we can provide a smooth
> >>> > service for users.
> >>> > Files on the profiles site are hosted on my Amazon S3 account, which
> is
> >>> > free
> >>> > to an extent, and pretty cheap past that. I think I'll be formally
> >>> > asking
> >>> > for donations (shamelessly, since that's the only thing that keeps
> this
> >>> > going) or see if we can get sponsored by Canonical. Who knows.
> >>> > I do need to add some tips to the Add New Profile section so that
> >>> > people
> >>> > know HOW to use this site, but for now, we can populate it ourselves,
> >>> > and
> >>> > when we do the official launch, we can look super awesome. :P
> >>> > Let me know how things work for you.
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > Chris Oliver
> >>> > http://excid3.com
> >>> >
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris Oliver
> >> http://excid3.com
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris Oliver
> > http://excid3.com
> >
>
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