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Control center group specs
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12/19/00
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Note : The previous document is adapted from <A
HREF=http://intranet.mandrakesoft.com/products/works-8.0/controlcenter.html>http://intranet.mandrakesoft.com/products/works-8.0/controlcenter.html</A>
which was ugly.
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<H1>Specifications</H1>
<H2>Introduction</H2>
<ul>
<li>The goal is to replace <B>DrakConf</B>with a unified interface for all components. <br>
An interface like HelixCode / Eazel is the goal, which may need to be
customized with a MandrakeSoft Look and Feel.
To achieve this we will extend gtk+mdk to include wizards, default sets
for menus, for icons,...
Each component will have to be usable either as a component or embedded in
the Linux-Mandrake Control Center
Front and back ends will be separated as much as possible for several
reasons:<br>
<ul>
<li>have the ability to write different interfaces (text, gtk*, web, ...)
according to the product</li>
<li>have more flexibility to modify rapidly the interfaces</li>
</li>
<li>
</ul>
DrakConf will still exist. But the number of item will be reduced. The tools
will be grouped in 7 groups, described here. Here is a screenshot of what it
could be. Some work is still neede to clearly define what will be the look of
this DrakConf. Question : do we want to keep its name 'DrakConf'?
Here is a first screenshot : <br>
<A HREF=screenshot1.png> futur of DrakConf </A>
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<li>
Each group will launch a new window with configurations tools called here
'control window'. Here are some
screenshots of what this window will be : <br>
<A HREF=screenshot2.png> screenshot a </A> <br> <A HREF=screenshot3.png> screenshot b </A>
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<H2>Groups descriptions</H2>
<H3>Menu customization</H3>
<ul>
<li>This group will just launch <B>menudrake</B> without control window.
</li>
<li>The idea is to transfer the existing <B>menudrake</B> application to the
new Control center. Details are given in the Desktop project.
</li>
</ul>
<H3>Boot Configuration</H3>
<UL>
<li> This group will contain <B>drakboot</B>, </li>
<li> Adapt <B>drakboot</B> to the new model to easily edit the entries of the
boot loader.
Adapt <B>drakprofile</B> to be
able to select a network profile at boot time (related to <B>draknet</B>)</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Integrate
a simple check-box that enable or disables the graphical boot, which
give the choice to the user between classical boot or graphical
<B>Aurora</B> boot.</FONT></FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Purge
/tmp at each reboot</FONT></FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Create
a boot floppy / CD with the ability to put more rescue tools and
user related information, in fact more a restoration than boot CD.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="due-date">Define detailed specs for this: Jan 2, 2001</P>
<H2>Minimal Firewall</H2>
<P>This is just an icon to launch the firewall configuration tool.
This tool is described in the Security project.</P>
<H2>Startup Services</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">This
tool should also be part of the Boot configuration tool. It replaces
the current <B>drakxservices</B> with an interface similar to the
service tool on Windows NT, as shown in the picture below.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Each
service needs to be documented, so that the user can understand what
it does.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><IMG SRC="images/services.jpg" NAME="Graphic1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=357 HEIGHT=290 BORDER=0></FONT></FONT></P>
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<H2>Font Management</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Just
adapt the current <B>drakfont</B> program to the new interface
guidelines</FONT></FONT></P>
<H2>Network and Internet Connection</H2>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Adapt
existing <B>draknet</B> and <B>drakgw</B> to use the wizard user
interface (see interface guideline document)</FONT></FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Separate
as discussed front-end and back-end to isolate the administration
part.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<H2>Hardware configuration</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>harddrake</B>,
<B>XFDrake</B>, <B>mousedrake</B>, <B>printerdrake</B>,
<B>keyboarddrake</B>,... will be merged in a single interface. It
should be displayed as a tree but each category would present:</FONT></FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">a
status of what is already configured, or</FONT></FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">a
click box that gives the opportunity to launch the appropriate
software or only display information</FONT></FONT></P>
</UL>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Having
a newbie and an expert mode for this tool would be useful.</FONT></FONT></P>
<H2>Users and groups management</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Port the current <B>userdrake</B> in
the Control Center, with the following functions to add:</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Delete user & Archive
/home/$user folder</P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Add
user specific properties (like menus)</P>
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<H1 STYLE="page-break-before: always">Development schedule</H1>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>Schedule format to be
defined later. </I></FONT>
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<P>.............</P>
<H1>Development Notes</H1>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>Free format text. Used by
developers to keep track of important issues.</I></FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>First issue is detailed
snapshots with comments for all components, to be added here.</I></FONT></P>
<P></P>
<H1>Validation and Test Plan</H1>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>Define
the specific test to be performed</I></FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>by
the development team</I></FONT></P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>by
QA</I></FONT></P>
</UL>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>List
Use case scenarios, and other test related reference documents</I></FONT></P>
<P>...........</P>
<H1>Product Release</H1>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><I>Used to sign off project.</I></FONT></P>
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