[sabayon] Re: Revision history UI

[Seth Nickell <seth gnome org>]

Hey Mark,

Just so you know, we're still alive but both of us are a little swamped.
I'll try to look into this tomorrow, or alternatively, I'm planning to
stay up late tonight to talk w/ Alex & Marco about Yarrr, so we might
overlap on IRC.

-Seth

On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 15:54 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Hey,
> 	So, I thought I'd explain what this revision history UI is about.
> 
> 	First, the crowded screenshot:
> 
>   http://www.gnome.org/~markmc/screenshots/sabayon-revision-history.png
> 
> 	The window on the bottom left shows the contents of the profile, the
> window on the top right is a crude GConf viewer and the one on the
> bottom right is an even cruder text file viewer.
> 
> 	The rough task list I'd jotted down was:
> 
>   + Browse contents of the profile
>       - Browse GConf settings, files and diectories
>   + Browse the profile's revision history
>   + Revert profile to a given revision
>   + Revert file/directory to a given revision
>   + Delete file/directory
>   + Erase revisions history
> 
> 	I think it mostly satisfies those requirements, but after playing
> around with it for a bit the way I've presented the idea of revisions is
> actually really confusing. The general idea was:
> 
>   + The profile and each element within the profile has its own
>     list of revisions. The revision is identified by a date/time.
>   + The combo at the top shows the profile revision. Select an
>     older revision and it will show you the contents of that
>     older revision. Save, and you revert the profile to that revision.
>   + The combo for each element does the same thing, but just for that 
>     element.
> 
> 	I've no immediate ideas on how to do better, but trust me, its
> confusing the way it is now :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark.
> 
-- 
Seth Nickell <seth gnome org>