RE: Some things GNOME really needs

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

Why not just have the developer create a spec instead...
Then the end user can just use good old gnorpm.
No special code needed. Plus, you have the added advantage of a solid
standard behind you.

A lazy coder is a good coder... No reason to reinvent the wheel.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Victor Bogado da Silva Lins 
> [mailto:bogadofuture@openlink.com.br]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 2:48 PM
> To: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: Some things GNOME really needs
> 
> 
> Robert Roeser wrote:
> > 
> > I have some ideas I that make GNOME alot easier to use for newbies
> > 
> > 1. INSTALL WIZARD
> > I know alot of you think that rpm are great but for most 
> the people that
> > use windows rpm -ivh --force --nodeps *.rpm, or whatever 
> would scare the
> > hell out of them. Great you say, just use GnoRPM or a tool 
> like that. Two
> > problems:
> > A. What about programs you have to compile, or aren't RPMs
> > B. Its too prowerful for end users
> > A gnifty GNOME INSTALL wizard would be great. User 
> downloads a package
> > called foobar.tar.gz, opens the GNOME INSTALL wizard, finds 
> foobar.tar.gz,
> > and it walks him through the rest of the install. Or if 
> said person gets
> > an rpm foo.rpm, the install wiz could do that for him as 
> well. However, it
> > it needs bar.rpm, it would tell him in a nice GUI setting 
> instead of the
> > cold CLI, or you even make it so the install wizard trys 
> and helps the
> > person find bar.rpm
> > 
> > 2. Cool GNOME Mascot/Helper
> > I don't think GNOME has a mascot. I would be cool if you 
> could make a
> > little GNOME Mascot that could fly around and give new 
> users a tour of
> > GNOME
> > 
> > 3. GNOME certified programs
> > Make a certain standard which programs should strive to 
> comply for interms
> > of interface, and help, etc. Give the programmers a little 
> banner to put
> > on there page if there program is certified.
> > 
> > 4. something like directX for gnome
> > I believe Elliot has made a white paper about GMF, but 
> correct me if i am
> > wrong this is just for sound. Games are cool, and games will attract
> > people to linux. I would never have to use windows again if 
> my favorite
> > games weren't only on windows. Something like this should 
> be made for
> > GNOME, it might even be a good idea to contact Loki and see 
> if they would
> > be willing to help? Such a subsystem would benefit them as 
> well (easier to
> > make games, and they would have a cool GUI to go along with 
> it). Plus,
> > other programs could use it like TV viewers, and 3D accelator cards.
> > 
> > Robert
> 
> 	I've been folloing this thread and I have an idea that 
> shoud fit in the
> gnome project and at the same time be user-friendly.
> 
> 	Instead of having a auto-super-inteligent-wizard that 
> gets a tar.gz and
> asks some questions and kabum it's installed. Why not follow the
> dos/windows aproach? We create a simple library/app that handle
> installation very easily. Each gnome application would bundle in a
> executable format that would execute and install the application.
> 
> 	The main part of gnome would be to make this library, 
> witch would have
> a nice gtk UI for choosing directories (/usr, /usr/local, 
> maybe /opt?).
> Handling distrib specific dbs (rpm and deb comes to mind), so the
> program would be universal and other stuff like checkin HD 
> space, basic
> configuration files (witch run levels should this app run?). The
> developer of the APP should create the installer executable. 
> 
> -- 
> "You take the red pill and you stay in wonderland,
> and I'll show you how deep the rabit hole goes", Morpheus.
>  
> []'s Victor Bogado da Silva Lins
> 
> 
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