Bug#512136: ITP: nox -- nox -- Meta package
Subject: ITP: nox -- nox -- Meta package
Package: wnpp
Owner: Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : nox
Version : 0.1
Upstream Author : Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>
* URL : http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/proposals/2009-01-17_nox/
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: n.a
Description : nox -- Meta packages
No-X is a suite of shell tools, either command line or Curses based,
that are useful for people that don't use X-Window.
Binary packages:
- nox-base, depends on the most common command line tools, that are
suitable for most systems (desktop and servers).
- nox-desktop-environment, which is very complete No-X metapackage for
desktop user. It attempts to provides many functionality provided by
graphical desktop environnements, but only text and ncurse based.
- fb-desktop-environment is similar to above, but also have some graphical
progams (using framebuffer... not for vt100 terminals ;-)
- nox-base provides a reduced set of tools that many users might want
to add to a standard system.
- nox-system-tools provides a large set of tools, suitable on both
end-users systems and servers.
- nox-server-tools provides a set of tools, that one probably want on
a servers.
- nox-network-clients depends on many usual network tools and clients.
The idea comes from wiki pages like http://wiki.debian.org/Console where
visitors/contributors seems to like to install some extra command-line tools.
The current debian/control draft is included below. The current dependencies
on package with priority=standard are going to go away (like "less"), unless
there are useful alternatives in which case It might depends on either (?).
Franklin
---- debian/control ----
Source: nox
Section: misc
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
Standards-Version: 3.7.3
Homepage: http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/proposals/2009-01-17_nox/
Package: nox-base
Architecture: all
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, mc, aptitude, screen, less, w3m|elinks|links|w3mmee|html2text, curl|wget, vim-nox|emacs|editor, mutt|cone|alpine, bc, tree, gzip, bzip2, unzip, acl, attr, rsync
Recommends: nox-network-clients, lsb-core, genisoimage, wodim|dvd+rw-tools, parted, file, man, info, p7zip|p7zip-full
Suggests: unrar|unrar|p7zip-rar
Description: Metapackage with regular command line tools for No-X users.
No-X is a suite of shell tools, either command line or Curses based,
that are useful for people that don't use X-Window.
.
This package depends on the most common command line tools, that are
suitable for most systems (desktop and servers).
.
See also:
* nox-desktop-environment, which is very complete No-X metapackage for
desktop user. It attempts to provides many functionality provided by
graphical desktop environnements, but only text and ncurse based.
* fb-desktop-environment is similar to above, but also have some graphical
progams (using framebuffer... not for vt100 terminals ;-)
* nox-base provides a reduced set of tools that many users might want
to add to a standard system.
* nox-system-tools provides a large set of tools, suitable on both
end-users systems and servers.
* nox-server-tools provides a set of tools, that one probably want on
a servers.
* nox-network-clients depends on many usual network tools and clients.
.
Package: nox-desktop-environement
Architecture: all
Depends: nox-base, nox-network-clients, dvtm, irssi|irc|finch, xpdf-utils|pdftohtml, lbdb|bbdb|abook, xlhtml, wv, ppthtml, aview|fbi, sc|oleo, vlock, lpr, ispell, mlocate, cdw, cmus|herrie|ncmpc|moc, snownews|newsbeuter
Recommends: pmount, hal, dict-client, dosfstools
Suggests: fb-desktop-environment, gpm, ntfs-3g, udftools, linphone-nox
Description: Metapackage with command line tools for nox "Desktop" users.
nox-desktop-environment, which is very complete No-X metapackage for
desktop user. It attempts to provides many functionality provided by
graphical desktop environnements, but based on text and ncurse.
.
See also:
- Othe packages that depends on libslang2 or libaa1, libncursesw5
- fb-desktop-environement, is similar, but use framebuffer.
FIXME:
- some avahi tools
- openoffice ; ms word
- cnetwork-manager (needs to be tested and ITP'd)
Package: fb-desktop-environment
Architecture: all
Depends: nox-base, nox-desktop-environement, nox-network-clients, nox-system-tools, directvnc, fbi, xine-console|mplayer
Suggests: linuxvnc
Description: Metapackage with Framebuffer based desktop environement.
fb-desktop-environment is similar to above, but also have some graphical
progams (using framebuffer... not VT100 terminals ;-)
Frame-buffer based desktop environnement.
.
See also:
- Other packages that depends on libdirectfb-1.0-0
- nox-desktop-environement, is similar, but don't use framebuffer.
FIXME:
- suggest qingy?
Package: nox-system-tools
Architecture: all
Depends: nox-base, psmisc, pciutils|lshw|discover|hwinfo|hal, usbutils|lshw|discover|hwinfo|hal, lsscsi|lshw|discover|hwinfo|hal, eject, htop, iotop, iftop, ethtool, e2fsprogs|xfsprogs|jfsutils|reiserfsprogs|reiser4progs
Recommends: sudo
Suggests: e2fsprogs, xfsprogs, jfsutils, reiserfsprogs, reiser4progs
Description: Metapackage with system command line tools for nox users.
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Package: nox-server-tools
Architecture: all
Depends: nox-base, molly-guard
Recommends: apt-listchanges, ssh-server, logcheck, apt-cron
Suggests: nox-network-clients, opie-server
Description: Metapackage with command line tools for nox server admins.
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Package: nox-network-clients
Architecture: all
Depends: nox-base, smbclient, ssh-client, nfs-client, ftp|ncftp|lftp, w3m|elinks|links|w3mmee, net-tools, ntpdate, whois, mutt|alpine|cone, dnsutils, net-tools, ping, tcptraceroute|traceroute
Recommends: ldap-client, netcat, irssi|irc|finch
Suggests: nox-system-tools, wireless-tools, wpasupplicant, slrn|tin|cone, telnet, tftp|tftp-hpa, tcpdump|tshark, finger
Description: Metapackage with networking command line tools for nox users.
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FIXME:
- other candidate packages: network-manager "client", avahi
- unstable: add wicd??
linuxvnc is too unsecure to be Suggested.
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