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=== Reference ===
=== Reference ===
Idea comes from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010_ideas_-_Customizable_application_installer
* Idea comes from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_Coding_2010_ideas_-_Customizable_application_installer


=== Description ===
=== Description ===

Revision as of 06:28, 10 May 2010

About me

  1. What is your name?
    • Elyes Du
  2. What is your email address?
    • elyes.du (a) gmail [dot] com
  3. What is your wiki username?
  4. What is your IRC nickname?
    • Elyes@FreeNode
  5. What is your primary language?
    • Chinese
  6. Where are you located, and what hours do you tend to work?
    • Beijing, China. 8:00 to 22:00 GMT+8
  7. Have you participated in an open-source project before? If so, please send us URLs to your profile pages for those projects, or some other demonstration of the work that you have done in open-source. If not, why do you want to work on an open-source project this summer?

About my project

Project name

  • Advanced RPM Backend for Ailurus

Reference

Description

Ailurus is an application which makes Linux easier to use. It can help people configure Linux, install software, learn Linux skills and so on. A person who switch from other OS to Fedora or switch between different Fedora versions will possibly encounter difficulties, since some package names may vary in different Fedora versions. To solve this problem, I want to develop an advanced RPM backend for ailurus, and at the same time, make the software installation easy and friendly.

What I will do:

  • Generate the list of all packages, available packages and installed packages according to the RPM database.
  • Categorize packages. Several default categories and user defined categories. User can add a package to one or more categories.
  • Enable or disable a repository, add third-party repository are supported.

Python is the developing language.

Timeline

  • Week 1-2: learn RPM guide and libs
  • Week 3: write a simple program can get the list of packages and the status of each package (installed, update, available)


Convincing

Me and the community

  1. If your project is successfully completed, what will its impact be on the Fedora community?
    • My answer:
      1. Package categorizing is very useful because user can find the package quickly and install software conveniently
    • Mentor's answer:
    • Fedora community's answer:
  1. What will you do if you get stuck on your project and your mentor isn't around?
    • I will first search on the web or the university's e-library. If I still get stuck, I will ask for help on mailing list and IRC.
    • I will communicate with the mentor regularly.
  2. In addition to the required blogging minimum of twice per week, how do you propose to keep the community informed of your progress and any problems or questions you might have over the course of the project?
    • I always stay On IRC, and I can send the progress to mailing list and mentor.

Miscellaneous

  1. We want to make sure that you are prepared before the project starts
    • Can you set up an appropriate development environment?
      • Yes, I can.
    • Have you met your proposed mentor and members of the associated community?
      • Yes, I have.
  2. What is your t-shirt size?
    • It's XL


Comments

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