Re: enhancing ipks

On Thu, May 17 '01 at 09:33, Carl Worth wrote:
> > - change the ipkg format to be just one .tar.gz. [ ... ]
> Rather than changing any of the .ipk format, we might just make it
> possible to send the existing data.tar.gz and control.tar.gz files
> separately.
While this would be a solution, we'd need a special "server" to do this.
And unpacking a ipkg file to get just the data.tar.gz puts unneeded load
onto the server.

> [ ... ]
> > - you can only use one CF card at any given time
> This is definitely a problem that must be avoided with whatever
> solution we come up with.
This is a problem based on the fact, that there is only one place like
/usr/local. Of cause you could use CF-card 1 (with e.g. xemacs) for a
couple of minutes and than swap to CF-card 2 (with e.g. gcc). And you
could use CF-card 1 (in slot 1) for /usr/local and CF-card (in slot 2)
for /home.
    
> [ ... ]
> > - if we can add/remove software by adding/removing CF cards, we realy
> > need a way to add the software to the menu
> Definitely. I've been looking at Debian's menu system as well as the
> .desktop files used by the Gnome/KDE groups.
Is there a public debian system, where i can explore debian (I'm running
Trustix and Mandrake at home) and where can I find documentation for the
debian menu system (or the .desktop files)?

Thanks,
    Goetz.