[sbopkg-users] Feature proposal'

[Chess Griffin]

* alkos333 <me at alkos333.net> [2009-04-17 19:41:31]:

> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Robby Workman <rw at rlworkman.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:10:01 +0200
> > Mauro Giachero <mauro.giachero at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:01 AM, alkos333 <me at alkos333.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Isn't Robby talking about merging several text files really?
> >> >
> >>
> >> I read Robby's proposal as a "let's support queues referring to other
> >> queues instead of packages". This someway involves having a text file
> >> containing queue names, hence the management problems.
> >>
> >> If the idea is simply to be able to merge several queues (i.e. create
> >> per-package queues, and use them to create a single queue containing
> >> their union), then this is already possible: just load all the queues
> >> in sbopkg and save the result.
> >>
> >> Or you had something different in mind?
> >
> >
> > Well, I haven't written *any* code for sbopkg, and I don't expect to
> > have time to do so in the future, so I should probably be ignored.
> > That being said...
> >
> > You've got the gist of my idea, Mauro.  It would involve abstracting
> > the concept of a queue, in such a way that a "multimedia" queue might
> > contain the following:
> >  mplayer x264 ffmpeg blahblah {and all their deps}
> > A "network" queue might contain these:
> >  xtables-addons pidgin-otr libotr blahblahblah and deps
> > A "games" queue might look like this:
> >  monkey-bubble frozenbubble tuxracer supertux blahblah and deps
> >
> > Long story short, you could then have a set of custom queuefiles that
> > might look something like this:
> >  kidsbox: multimedia graphics games
> >  devbox: network devel libs virtualization
> >  all: multimedia graphics games network devel libs virtualization
> >
> > I harbor no illusions that implementing such a thing would be either
> > simple or necessarily desirable.  Unlike some, I *do* realize that some
> > features would cause a project to stray from its primary goals if they
> > were implemented...  :-)
> >
> > -RW
> >
> >
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> >
> 
> Ok, Robby.... no fighting :P

Hey everyone -- just been traveling for work and have not had a chance
to get caught up until now, and I only have a moment.

Overall, I see what Robby is saying and it does seem interesting.  That
feature along with the 'add all SBo packages to the queue' might go a
long way towards what alkos333 is looking for, perhaps.

I could see that it would be helpful to essentially be able to string
several separate queues together.  I also agree with slackmagik that any
contributions should be in bash.


-- 
Chess Griffin
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