I agree that we should make anaconda more visible. Brian, what do you think? Martin ----- Original Message ----- > Hello, > > I have created a small gnome-shell extension that adds a button on > the top bar that launches anaconda installation. The objective is to > make Anaconda more discoverable on a standard Fedora LiveCD, because > currently that is very hard. The code is available here: > > https://github.com/kparal/InstallFedoraButton > > It has been discussed on devel list: > > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-April/165234.html > > and most people agreed such an extension would be a great > improvement. > > I believe the easiest path is to make this extension part of > anaconda. It's basically a different way of desktop-integration of > the installer. Just like you have anaconda.desktop file inside your > source code, and also some scripts to show the installer icon on > desktop in most desktop environments > (/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/zz-liveinst.sh), this is an integration to > Gnome 3, which has prohibited desktop icons (I know, "it's their > problem", but we need some solution for our users). Since Gnome is a > default Fedora desktop, and not a niche one, I'd be very glad if you > could make it part of anaconda. > > There are no modifications in anaconda needed. My idea is to include > it in some arbitrary path inside /usr/share/anaconda, e.g. > /usr/share/anaconda/gnome-shell. Then we would put code in > /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys on LiveCD that would copy the extension > from /usr/share/anaconda/gnome-shell to > /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/. I have provided a patch for > spin-kickstarts in the aforementioned git repo. > > The benefits of this approach: > 1. the extension does not influence any desktop environment by > default, it's placed just inside anaconda directory > 2. we copy it to the relevant directory and enable it just on LiveCD, > it will not be present on the installed system > 3. the only change needed in anaconda is to include three small files > in a new directory, no other changes needed > > The extension is very simple, 60 lines. I am willing to maintain it > for future Gnome releases, if some API is changed and adjustments > are needed. Also there were some plans mentioned on the devel list > that could make this extension not needed in one or two Fedora > releases, so maybe it's just temporary. But I'd be very glad if we > could make it part of Fedora 17, it's really needed. > > What do you say? > > Thanks, > Kamil > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list > _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
