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This have not been discussed a lot but i think that +this is a lack of time. For me the prior thing to do would be to write a interactive::qt for mcc using perl-qt4 or perl-kde4 + +I think that if you want to write it in an other language this is more because you have not saw that all our code is linked +so you will double the code base, the code to maintain, the possible bugs, etc etc. + +><i> 1/ What should we call it ?? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I have been using mcc2 as a working name, however I'm not +</I>><i> convinced this is the right approach. I will soon be uploading the code +</I>><i> (been using my own svn repo up till now), and it would be good to start +</I>><i> with the name it will stick with. Should the name relate to Mageia?, or +</I>><i> should it be more generic? +</I>><i> +</I> +you will upload it where ? you can use a github repo i think to make it public. + +><i> 2/ What languages should be available for writing modules? (Perl, C++, +</I>><i> python and Ruby are possibilities) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> So far mcc2 has been written in Perl (even though I had never +</I>><i> written a line of Perl prior to starting this) so as to make porting +</I>><i> existing modules a matter of just replacing the Ui calls, but I do like +</I>><i> the idea of allowing the modules to be written in more than 1 language +</I>><i> to encourage more contributors who may be turned off by having to learn +</I>><i> another language. +</I>><i> Sticking with Perl will make mcc2 core easier, so I may do that +</I>><i> initially regardless. What do you all think?? Is sticking with 1 +</I>><i> language preferred even if it means less contributors, or is the goal to +</I>><i> attract as many module developers as possible? +</I> +yes but our libraries are in perl too don't forget this ( libDrakX ). In general i am not a big fan of +mixing languages. + +><i> 3/ What should the license be? +</I>><i> I would be happy to make it GPL V3, but is there any argument +</I>><i> for something different ? +</I> +As mcc is in gplv2+ i think you have to stick with this licence ( not 100% sure ) + +><i> 4/ As an official Mageia project, do I need to sign the copyright over +</I>><i> to Mageia ?? +</I>><i> I am more than happy to do so, I would only ask that I get +</I>><i> noted somewhere as the developer, hopefully others will join the +</I>><i> developer list as well. +</I> + +><i> Just to give you an idea of where my code is at ...... +</I>><i> It is still in early stages, with I would guess about 400 - 500 lines of +</I>><i> code. +</I>><i> It works across ncurses, gtk and qt with a consistent interface, however +</I>><i> there seems to be a bug in the libyui-qt libriaries which Angelo and +</I>><i> Matteo will be looking into (Big thank you to those guys for packaging +</I>><i> the libyui libraries and helping out when I have questions). +</I> +libyui has been choosen w/o real discussions, i don't want you to loose you time if +at final we don't choose it. + + +><i> I have little time to work on this for the next 6 weeks, but I hope to +</I>><i> have the core system complete, or near to complete when Santa visits, +</I>><i> though porting (and adding new) modules will be the bigger task. +</I> +better work would be to fix existing one and add new interactive::qt ( or qt4 ). +And seeing the != between qt4 and qt5 the port to qt5 will be a 'piece of cake'. + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019044.html">[Mageia-dev] The shiny new Control Center +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019046.html">[Mageia-dev] The shiny new Control Center +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19043">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19043">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19043">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19043">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |