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Articulo sobre foresight

El community manager de foresight linux escribe para una revista geek.

En este mes escribe un pequeño review de foresight muy muy interesante para los que no lo conocen. ..

http://geekdeck.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/review-cherry-picks-of-the-month-foresight-linux/

ya sabes que es foresight linux ?

Packagekit with get-repo-list

Update: its on Packagekit=fl:2-devel and run gpk-repos command

packagekit will support unofficial repos

On next Packagekit will have support for unofficial repositories. Like gnome.rpath.org will back the Packagekit.

Im add my personal repo and seen all work.

For problem getting other repos its the generate cache. My personal repo take 15sec get the info and write the xml.

But if you have a high bandwidth its no a problem. It generate faster than me (512Kb/s).

Now its not available for test :P but on next ...

new job

I have time without join to irc, or IM accounts its because i have a new job. Im working with aircopter company what owns COTEMAR company its a big company. Im move from Merida Yucatan. To City of carmen Campeche( alias Crime city ) but im fine :). My girlfriend comes with me and i very happy no problem for stay far from home.

Well my journal its to long 9hrs :( but im happy im doing a lot of Documentation with Software Engineer process. Drawing Process etc etc.

So im lost some contact with Foresight'ers but im here with some free time im working on packagekit but i think the new feature of metadata its delayed. Because fl developer not find the correct way for populate metadata. The new Foresight version will release with the newer backend conary but without packaging Browsing feature. ( that disabling 2 lines of code :)) ...

If you found some problem contact me on gtalk: zodman at gmail punto com.

IM PROXIEDDDD!!! not irc access :''(

Packagekit 0.4.6

Today Richard release a new Packagekit version with it Conary backend comes with new features/fixes:

• Many foresight users report what not found gcc/make on packagekit :P well im fix it we have support for conary.rpath.com repo.
  
• Now the packagekit can get the url and licensense metadata set on troves. And show repository owned.
• I have a lot of problems with high memory usage, so im fix with next point.
  
• Conary backend its stupidly more faster because replace the xml.minidom module by cElementTree, now we can list more than 2357 packages on repo ( getting from fl:2-qa conary.rpath.com@rpl:2-qa and fl:2-kernel the fl:2-devel have more packages ) in few seconds.
• Add get-packages what list all packages installed/availables.
  

If you want test:

sudo conary update {PackageKit,gnome-packagekit}=foresight.rpath.org@fl:2-devel

With packagekit update gnome-packagekit comes with bugs:

first:

Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module": libpk-gtk-module.so:

That its because packagekit have a plugin what can install fonts from requesting of pango/cairo http://cgit.freedesktop.org/packagekit/tree/contrib/gtk-module/README. Im not found what causing the problem. i think when mooking the pago or cairo, packagekit have the pk-gtk-module enable so the pango/cairo get that module an save or something else happen. So when open a gtk applicacion ask for that module.

I can't enable because need the WhatProvides action enable on packagekit and not supported right now ....

update: the fix its here: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/packagekit/2009-April/004635.html

second: Other stuff gnome-packagekit comes with a new update viewer (gpk-update-viewer2) that a new Feature of gnome-packagekit. Sorry dudes another unsupported because a DistroUpdateDetails not implement too :(

update: fixing rightnow its a gnome-packagekit bug http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/packagekit/2009-April/004636.html

third: We have a bug with swedish users http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/packagekit/2009-March/004625.html we wait for fixing it.

update: fix on http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/packagekit/2009-April/004640.html

on Other topics. Im accepted by CONSOL its a second bigger FLOSS conference on Mexico ( first as ENLI sorry guys! all knows that. ). I have 2 talks:

• Foresight Linux ... Talking about foresight linux introduction, packages, devel process, software, etc.
  

• Foresight Linux Packaging.. that a new talk here i try to explain how make packages with conary.

Well im here trying to make a better packagekit for foresight community. So i have only said to "do your part" and report Issues/New Features/Ideas/Broken message to FITS

How populate my app Metadata for show on packagekit

A lot of times people askme that.

So im add the Way for populate Metadata on foresight.packages.
https://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/DEV/set+Metadata+for+package

And a how use the catalog files.
https://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/DEV/Catalog+Files

PackageKit Release 4.4

PackageKit release yeah!!!

But why its important ...

Well this its my first official contrib to FLOSS. Im only hacks some libs, or make small patches, not really somelike bigger like fix a Backend and Rewrite/Implement new features.

So i give love to packagekit. By supporting the conary backend.

Now im listened monkey contribs of packagekit ( im at last ).

So what happen with Packagekit..... well foresight pass from this:

OLD

NEW

New Features:

conary:Update the Cache with a NewCache.
conary:Add more support for reading metadata info.
conary:Support search [name|group|details].
conary:Packages Browsing.
conary:Add percent to install/remove/get-updates/update-system.

Yes We have a Packages Browsing ... this make a step less for kick ass Desktop. The issue its not done, because need some tunnings and updates.

Other thing its new code new bugs im invite to all Foresight'ers to get PackageKit from 2-devel tag an test it:

sudo conary update {PackageKit,gnome-packagekit}=@fl:2-devel

And report bugs to me or on FITS.

Ok we have packages Browsing But not have items populate with metadata. So our Browsing are Poor .

Although need a new ideas comes for Populate data what i like. That to be a mark for foresight from other distros..( donophin have a great Idea )

It can be some like slackfind, AUR, debian mentor.

Well new Stuff come as kenvandine said we’ll kick ass in 2009

packagekit tip

We know the info of packagekit its invisible, not verbose info its showed like what are doing ..... http://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/docs/PackageKit+Status+Icons ( FL-724 )

But on the packagekit on 2-devel it have a little module for seen what packagekit its doing........

sudo tail -f /tmp/conarybackend.log

That its because im feel confused seen what hell pk doing :S

when packagekit pass to fl:2 label this must removed.

PackageKit now is FIXED

Im very happy because the packagekit its fixed. We are working with a old version (0.3.4) ( Crash the fl philosophy )
Now im finish fixing backend now works good with 0.3.11 (the unreleased version ) ooooh ciiiii .

Well free feel for test and report bugs

sudo conary update {PackageKit,gnome-packagekit}=@fl:2-devel

The unique improvement what i can do its: Faster refresh cache.

commands:

pkcon search name <app>
pkcon refresh
pkcon resolve <app>
pkcon install <app>
pkcon remove <app>
pkcon get-details
pkcon update system
pkcon get-files <app>
pkcon get-updates <app>
pkcon get-details <app>
pkcon get-update-details <app>

But from now. Only we seen improvements and new features.

Packagekit improvements and new Job

Well im give love to the conary backend on packagekit and i can solve some problems now install and remove packages works perfectly.

With the help of richard by email

i can solve problems:

pkcon search name <app>
pkcon refresh
pkcon resolve <app>
pkcon install <app>
pkcon remove <app>

next the update-system, and get-updates. more info http://wiki.foresightlinux.org/display/DEV/packagekit+devel+page

Well today a friend contact me to a person on Cancun Qroo (A great tourist Paradise) and gime a immediately Job sooo on thurday im travel to cancun for work about a 1.5 Month. For what more like development python. I will be a leader of 3 coders on a started project. i hope have time to development packagekit.