https://sourceforge.net/p/dwai/news/2012-09-14T16:54:44.168000ZRecent posts to news2012-09-14T16:54:44.168000Z2012-09-14T16:54:44.168000ZLucio Cruscahttps://sourceforge.net/u/lucrus/https://sourceforge.net1c3616127deb62426c3671e1063e905413775f2a

Dwai-client version 0.3.2 has been debianized! This is the first step to have it included in Debian, Ubuntu and maybe others one day. The unofficial deb package is available at the SF download area. You can download it, install it with "dpkg -i dwaiclient_0.3.2-1_all.deb" and try it out heading you browser to http://dwai.sf.net The first time your browser will encounter a dwai file it will ask you what to do with it (shared-mime-info integration seems to need a bit of work): choose to open it with /usr/bin/X11/xdwai-client.sh and enjoy! This is one of those little things I'm proud of. Lucio.

2012-09-14T16:54:44.126000Z2012-09-14T16:54:44.126000ZLucio Cruscahttps://sourceforge.net/u/lucrus/https://sourceforge.netabb607df944fba5cd8f29bb568ce56f14b83bc92

So this is my brand new project. Well, our brand new project. Yes, because I've had the original idea, but a few friends have already helped me a lot in giving it a better shape. For italian speakers, the first message I sent about this project is here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-italian/2006/02/msg01952.html and the thread is quite a long one. In a few words, this project aims at becoming the next killer app you all were waiting for. Well, at least you all Debian newbies... The basic idea is simple. When a Debian GNU/* user lands a page with unofficial debian packages (those not included in the official distro by default) and wants to download and install them, he/she has to edit his/her /etc/apt/sources.list by hand and copy a row or two into it from the web page he/she is viewing. Then he/she has to launch apt (or aptitude, or dselect, or synaptic and so on) to actually download and install the package. Now, if this could be done automagically by means of a single click on the web page, wouldn't it be amazing? Wouldn't you call this a killer app? Enter DWAI.

2012-09-14T16:54:44.086000Z2012-09-14T16:54:44.086000ZLucio Cruscahttps://sourceforge.net/u/lucrus/https://sourceforge.net921c4d798aedf670383053950311550474d4116d

Hi there, I'm here just to let you know the latest news. First of all, we have a working dewmaster script. Do you remeber what the dewmaster script should be? A script that lets you build the DF file (dwai XML) from a deb package and a bunch of additional informations. Exciting? You haven't heard anything yet! Just to say a few words about it: * it needs only bash, dpkg, and a few very common utilities (grep, sed, wc, head, tail, and so on) * it can work interactively or in batch mode * it's configurable system wide and individually for each system user * it comes with a README which contains many useful words, please read them... * it was written during my holidays in Spain, where I was lacking internet access, so it's on my notebook for now, but I'm going to release it tomorrow. You'll find the download on the sourceforge project page. * IT ROCKS! Exciting? You haven't heard anything yet! We also have a working dwai client. Yes, you have understood, exactly that little program that installs a debian package found on the web, given that the web page has a DF file for it. A few words on the dwai client: * it needs only bash and a few common utilities, just like the dewmaster script (and yes, it parses XML using only bash...) * It works like a wizard with dialog boxes. The dialog boxes are powered by whiptail, which gives the dwai client the same look and feel as the debian installer (is this a good thing?...) * It was written during my holidays, you'll find the download tomorrow * IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM! (though it's not very fast, because the bash XML library I've written it's not optimized at all, and it has a few limitations, but the warnings for the final user are already in place) These news basically mean that: * we have a nearly complete dwai solution * we need mime type integration (see package shared-mime-info) * it would be wonderful to have a debian package of the dwai client included in the upcoming stable release of Etch. Do you think we are on time? Is Etch already frozen? Are these news exciting? They are for me, I hope also for you! Lucio.