etc-proposals 1.4.2 in portage (etc-update with Gtk2/Qt4)

bmichaelsen · Last edited by bmichaelsen on Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:05 pm; edited 18 times in total

Dear fellow gentooists,

I just finished etc-proposals 1.X and am looking for usability reports, bug reports and other feedback.

Have Fun,

Björn

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Here is a short blurb describing what etc-proposals is and does:

etc-proposals 1.4.2
For gentoo-users, etc-proposals is a gentoo configuration file updater, that, unlike etc-update and dispatch-conf, provides a shell with tabcompletion, a Gtk2 and a Qt4 frontend and allows updating of selected fileparts while providing a lot of automatization.
see homepage for more features as it gets updated more often

Screenshots:
Screenshots are here

Installation:

d2_racing · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject:

Good work

steveL · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject:

Nice one! The GTK front-end is working fine for me.

steveL · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject:

One suggestion: would it be possible to have a file, so that the user could accept all changes for a file with one click? Or am I missing something (wouldn't be the first time ;)

bmichaelsen · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject:

steveL · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:55 pm Post subject:

Heh, just found it, thanks!

Nice program.

Samoth · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:06 am Post subject:

Hey, I really like this!

I like it more than etc-update because it colorizes the diffs, so that I don't have to guess what lines are going in/out.

I would really like to see this project implementa sort of editor for config files owned by packages. For example you could have a tab on the left for editing any config file in CONFIG_PROTECT. Just a thought. Keep up the good work :!:

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Jeremy_Z · l33t Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 671 Location: Shanghai

Nice, i might give a try to a QT4 GUI for this when i have time

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steveL · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:10 am Post subject:

desultory · Bodhisattva Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 9410

Moved from Portage & Programming to Unsupported Software.

Jeremy_Z · l33t Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 671 Location: Shanghai

bmichaelsen · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:17 am Post subject:

Samoth · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

I meant that you could use it as a generic config file editor. Any file in in CONFIG_PROTECT can be edited.

Oh, I just had another thought, you could integrate this with fam/gamin and be able to restart services affected by the config file changes.

Congratulations on people using it as a plugin..
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dol-sen · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject:

I have a very basic plug-in for porthole. In -0.5.0 it works fine in local mode, but I have not been able yet to get it working for an installed (by an ebuild) version. We may have screwed up on the plug-in interface implementation. I need to do more testing. I have also updated the cvs version for the plug-in to work, but have not committed all the files yet.

I was also going to suggest using gamin to monitor for new files for an already running etc-proposals. Or at the very least add a Refresh button to the toolbar. The refresh button might be the easiest to implement.
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bmichaelsen · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject:

Necoro · Veteran Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 1912 Location: Germany

So ... (very) basic plugin also in Portato ...

You will find it with the "etcproposals"-useflag and the portato-9999-package

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bmichaelsen · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:23 am Post subject:

Erlenmayr wrote a HOWTO with screenies on how to use etc-proposals on the gentoo-wiki:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_etc-proposals

Jeremy_Z · l33t Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 671 Location: Shanghai

Just started the QT4 front end, should be done within the week.

PS : Actually i got something working http://jeremywick.phpnet.us/etcproposals/

Feel free to comment (this is my first attempt at Qt4)
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My gentoo projects, Kelogviewer and a QT4 gui for etc-proposals

steveL · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:04 am Post subject:

Man this is so sweet! I plugged this into my script, and it works like a charm, popping up at the end of a long emerge. Thanks! Any idea on when it will be in portage?

bmichaelsen · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:30 am Post subject:

steveL · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject:

Yeah I hope so too; I'm currently advising usrs to use it, and my script tells them to install it ;) I won't post to the bug, as that'll prob'y get it spiked lol and then we'd never see it ;)

bmichaelsen · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject:

Version 1.1 is out!

minor improvements in version 1.1:

* code cleanup in gtk frontend and in portage_stubs
* added refresh button to the gtk frontend
* added help to the gtk frontend
* added --frontend and --fastexit option to ease to use as a plugin (for example in portage and portato)
* clicking on "Filesystem" in the gtk frontend now shows all updates
* fixed font color to black in the display of changes to keep it readable with "inverted" gtk-themes (thanks, Christian Glindkamp)

bmichaelsen · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:34 am Post subject:

Version 1.1 is in the sunrise overlay.

bmichaelsen · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:40 am Post subject:

Dammit, my server went down in a huge fireball. I hope to find a solution to make the file available again ASAP. Maybe someone else can make the file available elsewhere as an interim solution. To be safe that the tarball you find elsewhere is not molested, here are some checksums:

bmichaelsen · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject:

Hi guys,

I just registered a project page for etc-proposals on berlios.de, so there will soon be well-established hosting for the files and a public subversion repository. so the Qt-frontend could be merged into the main project.

Have fun,

Björn