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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] prism ebuild
From:       Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2008-02-29 19:40:48
Message-ID: 20080229194048.GF3798 () comet ! lbl ! gov
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On 11:32 Fri 29 Feb     , Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> On 16:09 Thu 28 Feb     , kristian wrote:
> > since quite some time I am using prism (http://wiki.mozilla.org/Prism) 
> > in particular gmail through it.
> > 
> > two days ago I made an ebuild mozilla-prism-bin and I am thinking to 
> > file a bug with it. yesterday I found out that there are already 
> > ubuntu/debian packages for prism. they also included a couple of 
> > webapps for prism, see also http://packages.ubuntu.com/prism.
> > 
> > now I wonder if there is a interest from the gentoo side to have 
> > something similiar, like an ebuild for each of the following webapps. 
> > they are all part of the mozilla prism project and with the help of 
> > the debian packages the desktop configuration should be fairly easy.
> > # facebook.webapp
> > # ganalytics.webapp
> > # gcalendar.webapp
> > # gdocs.webapp
> > # gmail.webapp
> > # greader.webapp
> > # groups.webapp
> > # gtalk.webapp
> > # twitter.webapp
> > 
> > in case there is interest I would like to setup these ebuilds and file 
> > them to bugs.gentoo.org
> > 
> > what you think ?
> 
> Sounds neat. You could also create an overlay with all these packages 
> and publish it somewhere, with instructions on adding it via layman, so 
> people could try your ebuilds more easily.

Another note -- I haven't looked at the debian packaging for this, but 
it seems like the kind of thing that could be ripe for an eclass or 
maybe even a script to autogenerate ebuilds on the fly, a la 
app-portage/g-cpan.

Thanks,
Donnie
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