Re: An X version of dselect for slink
Tom Lees wrote:
> Since it seems obvious that apt WON'T be finished (GUI bit I mean) before
> freeze of slink, I have started writing an X clone of the Dselect tool.
>
> Although to be ready by 16th will make it pretty much a hack, I think it
> is one worthy for this release (in much the same way as the preselections
> were earlier).
Wow!!!
> I will write it using GTK (I already have the basic framework done),
> development version 1.1 (for GtkCTrees, they are VERY useful for this).
>
> I have a couple of questions:-
>
> a) Does anyone else think this is a good idea?
*raising hand*
> b) How will this integrate with the installation
The first installation will still be run by the regular dselect while
there should be a package gdselect.deb which provides the gtk version
of dselect.
> What about multi-cd stuff? Should be integrated into mountable IMHO.
We urgently need multi-cd support. I can't look at it right now
but we do need it since the main distribution won't fit on a single
CD anymore.
Regards,
Joey
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