On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 00:25 +0200, Bluefuture wrote: > I think that could be some "Desktop" common goals for UbuntuLinux > UserLinux and Debian Destkop: > My understanding was that Debian Desktop was a dead project, killed when Colin Walters left for Red Hat. Has it been revitalised? Certainly the web page hasn't changed and still suggests Colin is involved. > - Working on Debian Control Center: > http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianControlCenter > I've had vague concerns about this project's focus on using debconf, wary that this is getting pretty close to using debconf as a registry which it isn't supposed to be at all. The other interesting thing missing is exactly what this will let you control, a set of requirements I would've thought would've been the first thing they would have put together; perhaps with UI mock-ups, before they even thought about the backends. Personally, I'm following this project with interest, but not yet sold on it. > - Working on an option like "rpm -h" for dpkg system: > This could improve usability of apt frontends like apt-watch and > synaptic for newbie users. > I'm actually looking at overhauling dpkg entirely; apt frontends and synaptic would simply link to libdpkg rather than invoking it on the command-line ... they could then get whatever callback and status they want. Scott -- Scott James Remnant scott@canonical.com
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