You've done a great job Anthony. Your app is a all-in-one! Our focus is (was) create a better AUR, with new features and using other platform (from php to django). I think your focus is a little different, isn't? -- Tomás A. Schertel ---------------------------------------------- Linux Registered User #304838 Arch Linux User http://www.archlinux-br.org/ ---------------------------------------------- On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 16:23, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:12 PM, C Anthony Risinger <anthony@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Allan McRae <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> * git://ius.student.utwente.nl/aur2 -- Thralas's repository >>>> * git://git.berlios.de/aur2 -- Djszapi's repository >>>> * git://github.com/SpeedVin/aur2.git -- SpeedVin's AUR2 forked repo >>>> with some patches and translation's. >>> >>> I'll add "AUR3" to the mix... - >>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=99839 >> >> i haven't made any release or update to BBS (or README :-) in some >> time, but a fair amount of work + thought has gone into this. if >> you'd like, check out the 'pmvc-refactor' branch here: >> >> https://github.com/extofme/aur-pyjs/tree/pmvc-refactor >> >> it will be the path forward, and is based on the lightweight puremvc >> framework to add a little sanity. i encourage you to take a look, as >> the code is remarkably small, fast, free of any HTML/compatibility >> nuances, but still leverages the full power of the most advanced GUI >> available... a web browser, an excellent language... python, and a >> competent widget library based on GWT. it's a fully client side >> javascript (or python-DOM) application requiring nothing from the >> server (or a local daemon...) other than JSON-RPC endpoints, which can >> be implemented in any language. >> >> the entire GUI is reusable in desktop mode (python bindings to DOM). >> everything is hot pluggable at runtime, right down to the core and >> shell. users will in time be able to make any layout change they >> wish. the slight stagnation on this project is only due to me working >> on pyjamas itself to support runtime hot-loading of python modules via >> AJAX... ie. variable/conditional imports... to enable dependency >> injection (of AUR modules), [more] efficient bootstrap and runtime, >> and other dynamicisms. >> >> currently, local PKGBUILD database expected to be dulwich/git based, >> to easily support forking/etc of PKGBUILDs, but im also considering >> couchdb (the couchdb python API could be ported to pyjs... then i >> could make parallel databases calls via iframe proxies DIRECTLY from >> the browser!!). the ultimate idea is a distributed AUR. >> >> im not in a hurry to complete it, as i have some far reaching goals, >> but it is very much active and open for input. in short, this message >> is a shameless self-promotion, but i believe the approach holds more >> potential than existing solutions, simpler extensibility, and a lower >> barrier of entry to non web/HTML/CSS/Javascript/.../.../... (have you >> ever wrote a good webapp before? sheesh...) developers. > > oops i forgot to mention an interesting thing ill be adding soon... > > i managed to integrate the google translate API into pyjs, so i can > make translation calls. the idea will be to dynamically determine the > users language at runtime and translate everything on the fly, > comments and all. i want users to be able to write comments etc. in > their native language (and be stored this way), and everyone still > able to read each other. as i unfortunately can only speak english > (curse you USA grade school system!), i can't speak for other langs, > but the google translation works very well for conversion to english, > far more than enough to understand the text... i even managed to set > up a CNAME in DNS with a spanish CSR/company once, using translation > on the fly :-) > > also, instead of git/couchdb, im also considering using the local > database of HTML5, which is sqlite3 based i believe, though i'm not as > sure the limitations here. the benefit is that it keeps everything in > the bowser, making the AUR fully self contained and able to run as an > offline app. > > C Anthony >
