Pirut: Edit -> Repositories mock-up -- Part 3.

[Tim Lauridsen]

Jeremy Katz wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 01:25 +0530, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote:
>   
>>>> My initial idea was to input and use the mirror list _only_ if the
>>>> mirror list checkbox was chosen and otherwise use the baseurl. However
>>>> this does not consider the case where the .repo file looks like:
>>>>         
>>> Okay, this makes some sense.  Although we could just have that handled
>>> under the covers and still let you just select between mirror url and a
>>> baseurl.  But that would get a little weird switching between them I
>>> guess.  I still think you're going to want to allow a radio button
>>> between the two.  Because you can also disable the baseurl (in fact,
>>> that's the default config).  Maybe we just make the baseurl and the
>>> mirror url both handled like the gpg key above.
>>>       
>> Disabling the baseurl is a default config for the Fedora repositories,
>> and may not be so for custom distributed file:// based repositories or
>> some ad-hoc http:// or ftp:// repository created by a developer or an
>> organization.
>>
>> If we look at it from a higher level of abstraction what are the most
>> basic things needed to get a repository working? A repo id, a name and
>> a baseurl come to mind. 
>>     
>
> Fully agreed.  But we're wanting to use the same sort of interface for
> editing as adding (because there's lots of win there).  And given
> _that_, we don't want to necessarily hide what the defaults are.
> Otherwise, I'd be in 100% agreement with you.  Maybe the thing to do is
> to go the route you're saying, but just look and auto-expand if a mirror
> list or gpg key is set.
>
> Jeremy
>
>   
Here is my arcii art proposal to the dialog, based on the comments on 
the list

Name         [ <Repo Tag> 
                                                                ]
Description  [ <Name= in .repo file    
                                                   ]

(*) Baseurl   ( ) Mirrorlist
[file://path/to/local/repo                                                                
]
[http://remote.server.org/path/to/repo                                                    
]
[                                                                                         
]

 > Advandced
    [x] GPG Check [<Url to gpg key, gray out if 
unchecked>                                ]


The dialog can be use for both add & edit of repositories.
I have dumped the idea of a protocol button, it clutters the dialog to 
much, a so does the file selector buttons, and they
don't make much sense in multi line baseurls, where file:// & http:// 
can be mixed.

if baseurl is selected the use all the lines in the multi line TextView 
to create baseurl=, if mirrorlist is selected then just use the first line.
If someone want to use both at the same time (yes, it is posible :-) ), 
then they have to edit the repo files directly :).

Tim
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