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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    Re: [Panel-devel] Plasma GHNS layout bundles
From:       Riccardo Iaconelli <info () ruphy ! com>
Date:       2005-10-10 20:15:51
Message-ID: 20051010201551.15540.qmail () webmaild ! fe1 ! aruba ! it
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Nathan Humbert Scrive: 

> I have been working on the "Design GHNS ability to download Plasma
> preconfigured layout" task for a while.
> I think I have figured out the direction I think things should go and
> I would like to get some feedback before I
> do anything stupid :-) 
> 
> What I am thinking right now is the "bundle" would basically be a XML
> file that would store the basic settings
> (Kicker, Kmenu, etc) and a list of dependencies (Applets, background
> images, etc). Then the GHNS client framework would
> need to be expanded to read through this XML file and retrieve the
> dependencies from the appropriate GHNS repository.
> The expanded framework should also allow the user to choose which
> elements of the "bundle" they wish to get and
> allow them to opt for newer versions if available. 
> 
> One big question I have right now is where this functionality should
> be implemented. Should it be generalized
> and put into the knewstuff framework or should it be implemented in plasma? 
> 
> Comments? Suggestions? 
> 
> Nathan Humbert

Could be better a simple Variable=Value file?
Like /etc/make.conf or the file for X configuration...
I'm saying something stupid?
For implementation in knewstuff or plasma..... I think that's better 
plasma... it's for desktop. 

Regards
 -Riccardo Iaconelli 

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