Re: ideas for interfaces

[seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu>]

> I would probably automatically scan removable media.  Just include a
> quick "One moment while I scan for packages..." message when scanning,
> since it'd take a moment.

And have it watch for dbus notices about inserted media?


> As for destinations?  I'm not sure what you mean by the term.  Where
> would I install a package except into my running OS?  Do you mean like
> having an option for something like "rpm --root /foo" ?

dear god. No I meant destinations like 'transact this', though I guess
you could just put a checkmark on the package in a list but there's
something visibly useful about having a box/window/field you drag the
packages into.

> I think the first thing that needs to be asked in this whole
> conversation is "Who is the target audience for this tool?"  All
> discussion must stem from this, or there probably won't be any good
> direction for development, other than implementing every one of yum's
> features in the GUI quasi-randomly.

That's a good question. I was mostly thinking about this as  not a
new-user tool. The new user tools are the single-task-oriented items. I
was thinking more of it as a gui tool for people who want to see
everything. I dunno. I was sorta just thinking aloud.


> So Seth, since you're ostensibly going to be doing the bulk of the
> coding work on this, who's the target audience here?  =)

no clue. I don't even know if I'll have time to work on it. I was just
sorta throwing ideas out.

-sv