On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 10:34:12PM -0600, David Farning wrote:
>>
>> The difference is that they expect to be able to install bundles via
>> install_activity_bundle. From a technical POV the issue seems similar to
>> how how Debian handles mozilla add ons. There are instances where users
>> will want the ability to use and install addons, without being limited by
>> their underlying distribution choice.
>
> Seems equal to my "User B" (even emphasized by installing parts of the Sugar
> environment through .xo bundles).
>
> If not, please elaborate.
>
>
>> The solution seem to be to create a meta package which (1) pulls in
>> the dependencies sacha mentioned and (2) recommends a collection of
>> activities. If a user/deployer prefers to install activities via
>> install_activity_bundle they can install the meta package containing
>> the dependencies without the activities themselves. Then they can
>> install things via ASLO.
>
> Do you mean some other package than my proposed honey-NN?
No, I have come full circle to agree with the proposed honey-NN
>> Either way, while this may be a huge philosophical difference,
>> technically it should be straight forward. Go a head and package
>> according to debian standards and expectations. We can add a couple
>> of changes downstream for handling ALSO installs. If and when those
>> changes prove useful, we can talk about pushing them into Debian.
>
> What downstream hacks do you have in mind? Is it not currently working to
> install .xo bundles in Debian, or am I missing the point?
Below is a snippet of the script to used to preinstall .xo when
constructing the Ubuntu-Sugar-Remix. I think that SoaS does something
similar.
<snip>
## Install activities bundles ##
BUNDLE_LIST="org.laptop.community.TypingTurtle \
org.laptop.WebActivity \
org.laptop.Log \
org.sugarlabs.IRC \
com.garycmartin.Moon \
org.laptop.sugar.ReadEtextsActivity \
com.ywwg.CartoonBuilderActivity \
vu.lux.olpc.Speak \
org.laptop.ViewSlidesActivity \
org.sugarlabs.InfoSlicer \
org.worldwideworkshop.olpc.FlipSticks \
org.worldwideworkshop.olpc.JigsawPuzzle \
org.worldwideworkshop.olpc.SliderPuzzle \
org.laptop.community.Colors \
org.squeak.FreeCell \
org.laptop.Analyze \
org.laptop.Develop \
org.laptop.TamTamEdit \
org.laptop.TamTamJam \
org.laptop.TamTamMini \
org.laptop.TamTamSynthLab \
org.laptop.Memorize \
org.worldwideworkshop.JokeMachineActivity \
vu.lux.olpc.Maze \
org.worldwideworkshop.olpc.storybuilder \
org.worldwideworkshop.PollBuilder \
org.gnome.Labyrinth \
org.laptop.RecordActivity \
org.laptop.Oficina \
tv.alterna.Clock \
org.laptop.physics \
org.laptop.sugar.GetIABooksActivity \
org.laptop.Arithmetic"
BUNDLE_CACHE_DIR=${REMASTER_HOME}/bundle_cache
ASLO_SP='0.86'
ASLO_URL='http://activities.sugarlabs.org/services/update-aslo.php'
ASLO_LINK='.//{http://www.mozilla.org/2004/em-rdf#}updateLink'
function install_activity_bundles()
{
mkdir -p $BUNDLE_CACHE_DIR
echo "Preparing directory for activities"
if [ -e ${REMASTER_DIR}/usr/share/sugar/activitie ]; then
remove_directory ${REMASTER_DIR}/usr/share/sugar/activities ||
failure "Failed to remove directory
${REMASTER_DIR}/usr/share/sugar/activities"
fi
mkdir -p ${REMASTER_DIR}/usr/share/sugar/activities
for bundle_id in ${BUNDLE_LIST} ; do
curl -4 -s -L "$ASLO_URL?id=$bundle_id&appVersion=$ASLO_SP" >
$BUNDLE_CACHE_DIR/metadata
url=$(python -c "from xml.etree.ElementTree import parse;
url=parse('$BUNDLE_CACHE_DIR/metadata').find('$ASLO_LINK'); print url
is not None and url.text or ''")
if [ -z "$url" ]; then
echo "Can not find url for $bundle_id" >&2
continue
fi
remote_file=$(basename $(curl -4 -s -L -w %{url_effective} -I $url |
tail -1))
bundle=$BUNDLE_CACHE_DIR/$remote_file
if [ ! -f $bundle ] ; then
curl -4 -L $url > $bundle
fi
cp -p $bundle ${REMASTER_DIR}/usr/share/sugar/activities
done
pushd ${REMASTER_DIR}/usr/share/sugar/activities
unp *.xo
popd
}
install_activity_bundles
<snip>
david
> Kind regards,
>
> - Jonas
>
> --
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