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Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

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Originally Posted by yerga (Post 237040)

If you are bored, you could try add a feature from this branch: https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/scm...hildon-app-mgr

That version show the repo where the package is from, in the details dialog. At the moment I don't know in what file the function could be, but sure you can to find it easily ;)

I tried that :( to no avail. I found all the functions but it's "unbackportable" (for me anyway) because:
- The trunk is now using a new file format to manage repositories etc
- The functions involved with that require a new glib on the tablet :(

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

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Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 237049)

Patch is coming in the next minutes. I did prefer hacking a bit in this before than write the Chemometrics report I had to write this evening :)

Let me clean it a bit and I will upload it here.
It works but I haven't tested it very well though.

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

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Originally Posted by yerga (Post 237040)

That version show the repo where the package is from, in the details dialog.

Now THAT is a useful patch! "apt-cache policy <packagename>" is so clunky.

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

heh, give the "kid" some spare time and all manner of crazy things happen.

the rest of us just sit around arguing like old men on park benches :P

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

Qwerty, it's a patch against your mod version, not against the unpatched version.

The code is from that branch version, I had it locally, it could be from long time ago, I don't remember when I downloaded that branch.

It adds a line in the details dialog, for example:

Repository: repository.maemo.org diablo free
Repository: catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com diablo user

It doesn't difference among extras and extras-devel.

Is attached as txt file.

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

This patch is otherwise great but afaik it doesn't make difference for example between extras and extras-devel.

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

If you're unaware of the current push to standardize the Application Manager Categories, please look here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Package_categories

Tim

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

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Originally Posted by timsamoff (Post 236995)

Hmmm... Sorry guys, but I don't know if I like it. I'll have to try it out first, though. The ideas are promising, but it's a bit on the utilitarian side (which I know is the purpose), but...still...a little ugly.

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Originally Posted by allnameswereout (Post 237023)

It is an improvement, very much appreciated, but... its not enough.

Whoa there, you two. :) You do realize this is the result of about 2 short days of hacking from just a couple people? Radical UI changes don't happen over night (though I'm sure everybody would be happy for you to lend a hand).

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Originally Posted by allnameswereout (Post 237023)

Then there are a lot of doubles like email and mail, comm and Communication. Isn't email/mail communication? Boingo, whatever that may be, is a seperate category. Why not LogMeIn as well a seperate category? And while you're at it, Canola as well? *rolleyes* And, then the one called Applications. Aren't these all applications? A user would ask: what the hell is an interpreter? Doc should be Documenation.

That's not an Application Manager issue, that's a package maintainer issue. I've been emailing maintainers to get them to fix non-compliant (which you'd know, if you'd been paying attention), and quite a few have already uploaded updated packages, but these changes still take time. If you want to help, join in package categories discussion.

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Originally Posted by allnameswereout (Post 237023)

Why not have a more tree-based viewing. For example, several modes in which one can select how it is sorted.

Several improvements have been suggested, but these things take time to implement. The grid view just happened to be the easiest and most convenient thing to improve quickly.

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Originally Posted by allnameswereout (Post 237038)

"Merge non-standard categories in Misc."

Or refuse to install with weird categories unless overridden.

Like I said, the discussion is ongoing.

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

An updated patch, now it differentiate between extras and extras-devel; updates, certified and non-certified in nokia tableteer repos.
I don't know what it can show in other repositories, but you only should use extras and nokia repos, so there shouldn't be problem ;)
For example in the sdk or tools repositories, the new string added is "dists". So there is enough to improve yet in this patch.

An screenshot:

Re: hildon-application-manager - Modded

do this shows on installed stuff to, so that one can look up where something came from?