Feel free to hit me up by email or IRC and I'll help out where possible. Can't code or review code (I am stuck in Ruby/Rails mode right now and can barely Python my way out of a brown paper bag) but I'd be happy to help mentor anyone in my free time.
Keep up the great work guys! I'm really excited about 1.0. :D On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:25 AM, mac9416 <mac9...@keryxproject.org> wrote: > Hey, RSK, > > I think the mailing list still works, it's just been quiet for about a > week. > > You're right, all that needs to be done is create a reporthook for the > GUI. Downloads will need to be handled in a thread so that the GUI > will remain active. > > Chris wrote some great stuff on his blog a while back about using > threads with PyGTK: > http://excid3.com/blog/2010/06/pygtk-and-threads-part-1/ > http://excid3.com/blog/2010/06/pygtk-and-threads-part-2/ > > Because of the nature of threads, the code will probably end up > looking a little strange. Feel free to dump thoughts on the mailing > list let us help you figure things out. :-) > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Senthil Kumar_Rsk > <webrsk.id...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Mac, > > * Add download progress tab to interface -- at first, this just needs > > to be something simple to show that index files are being downloaded. > > This is a big chore and will require collaboration. > > Now the progress has been shown in the console , I can see download page > UI > > is already there. So we need to pass reporthook in update function > rite.. > > give me a trigger so that we shall kickstart this one :) > > And is it our mailing list are alive because couldn't see any others > reply > > or activity :( > > Thanks, > > RSK > > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Senthil Kumar_Rsk < > webrsk.id...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Have traced the gzip issue and found that we are trying to download the > >> unknown package. > >> Sources.list has this entry: > >> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe > >> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe > >> But in the actual location [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/] > >> there is no hoary directory but our unwrapt is downloaded the > >> > file: > us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_hoary_universe_binary-i386_Packages.gz > >> which is actually a corrupted one, so the gzip not able to extract it > >> contents and keryx arise with the gzip error. > >> Now i have commented the hoary lines in sources.list file and everything > >> works fine. > >> * Just wondering how the sources.list has the hoary entry. Can anyone > >> confirm me whether you have the hoary entries in your > /etc/apt/sources.list > >> file ? > >> * The download function has to check whether the file exists in the > >> location before downloading. Let me check that and will push the new > branch > >> . > >> Thanks, > >> RSK > >> > >> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:45 AM, mac9416 <mac9...@keryxproject.org> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Good news: I found and fixed the bug that caused upgradeable packages > >>> not to be marked for installation. > >>> > >>> I still haven't taken a shot at the Gzip errors or the Download > Progress > >>> Tab. > >>> > >>> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Senthil Kumar_Rsk > >>> <webrsk.id...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > I have tested in 32bit Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid and I got the same > Error. > >>> > Thanks, > >>> > RSK > >>> > > >>> > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:10 PM, mac9416 <mac9...@keryxproject.org> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Another item that needs attention is a bug RSK and I have found > >>> >> testing 1.0. When loading index files, Unwrapt sometimes throws > >>> >> "IOError:Not a gzipped file". By adding a print statement, I found > >>> >> that it was always a Medibuntu index file causing the error. > >>> >> Interestingly, I could open the index file with an archive app just > >>> >> fine. > >>> >> Another thing: this error only occurs on my 64-bit Studio Edition > >>> >> desktop; not my 32-bit Lubuntu laptop. I'll test on another 32-bit > >>> >> machine and see what happens. > >>> >> > >>> >> I may have time to look into this myself eventually, but I wanted to > >>> >> give y'all the opportunity to beat me to it. :-) > >>> >> > >>> >> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:49 PM, mac9416 <mac9...@keryxproject.org> > >>> >> wrote: > >>> >> > Fellow Keryx Developers, > >>> >> > > >>> >> > I apologize that Keryx development has been slow in the past month > >>> >> > or > >>> >> > so. My unpredictable schedule has made it difficult for me to code > >>> >> > and > >>> >> > to coordinate others' development efforts. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > We need to get development back on track, and I think one of the > >>> >> > most > >>> >> > important things we need to do is to have a clear set of goals. We > >>> >> > currently have three active developers (myself, RSK, and jacseen) > >>> >> > who > >>> >> > I think are able to code but need to know what to do. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > In the recent past, we have discussed goals at the weekly IRC > >>> >> > development meetings. But with everyone's hectic schedules, it has > >>> >> > become difficult for everyone to attend. As such, we need to > demote > >>> >> > the development meetings to a time when we can discuss in > real-time > >>> >> > what is difficult to convey via email. Most discussion about > >>> >> > development should be conducted on the mailing list. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Let me go ahead and set a couple of short-term goals for 1.0 > >>> >> > development: > >>> >> > * Add download progress tab to interface -- at first, this just > >>> >> > needs > >>> >> > to be something simple to show that index files are being > >>> >> > downloaded. > >>> >> > This is a big chore and will require collaboration. > >>> >> > * Test Unwrapt and make sure that packages get marked to be > >>> >> > downloaded when out-of-date -- I suspect that Unwrapt is refusing > to > >>> >> > mark them since their status is "installed ok installed". > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Please reply to this email if you have a question about, just want > >>> >> > to > >>> >> > discuss, or want to suggest a new goal. Let's put this mailing > list > >>> >> > to > >>> >> > use! :-) > >>> >> > > >>> >> > -mac9416 > >>> >> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~keryx > Post to : keryx@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~keryx > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Chris Oliver http://excid3.com
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