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= Purpose =
= Goal =
Installing activities on every sugarized GNU/Linux distribution(not only XO)
Installing activities on every sugarized GNU/Linux distribution(not only XO)
just by clicking on icon in addons.sugarlabs.org.
just by clicking on icon in addons.sugarlabs.org.
= Problems to solve =
= Problems to solve =
* install proper dependencies
* Install proper dependencies. Most activities rely on a standard set of Sugar dependencies like PyGTK, Squeak, GStreamer, and PyGame. But others have special dependencies which need to be installed on the target system before the activity can run.
* install activity itself
* Install the activity itself.
** blobs in activities
** Blobs in activities. Some activities (Colors, Oficina, Bounce, WikiBrowse) include compiled code, like executables or Python extension modules.
** should we build non-pure-python activities while installing or use binary packages
** Should we build non-pure-python activities while installing, or use binary packages?
** and in general, how treat variety of platforms: x86, x86_64 and future ARM, MIPS
** And in general, how to treat a variety of platforms: x86, x86_64 and future ARM, MIPS?
= Proposal schemas =
= Proposal schemas =
== Distro teams should take care about it ==
== Distro teams should take care of it ==
Pro
Pro
* thats enough for XO [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
* thats enough for XO [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
* ...
* Many activities just rely on the standard Sugar dependencies, it's really just a few special ones.
Contra
Contra
* thats not enough for rest of distros <br> each distro team has to work out the same work <br> like inventing theirs own mechanisms to treat activities dependencies etc. [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
* thats not enough for rest of distros <br> each distro team has to work out the same work <br> like inventing theirs own mechanisms to treat activities dependencies etc. [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
== Invent-own/reuse-exists packaging format ==
== Invent-own/reuse-existing packaging format ==
Pro
Pro
* ...
* Could possibly come up with a solution that works very well specifically for Sugar.
Contra
Contra
* ...
* A lot of work solving a problem has been solved already on each system.
* Might conflict with the target system's native package manager.
* Package managers tend to present confusing user interfaces to the user.
== Sugar is like a Firefox and activities are like addons ==
== Sugar is like a Firefox and activities are like addons ==
Pro
Pro
* ...
* Simplest version, what we have now.
Contra
Contra
* what about variety of possible dependencies, should we pre-install them all ? [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
* what about variety of possible dependencies, should we pre-install them all ? [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
== Use distro-specific activities installer ==
== Use distro-specific activities installer ==
This is a kind of [[#Invent-own/reuse-existing packaging format]] packaging format, but it moves the center of gravity to a distro-specific installer from the packaged activity itself.
The activity.info file would include a list of dependency names which come from a predefined list. The distro-specific installer backend would be responsible for parsing the list and installing the correct dependencies.
Pro
Pro
* dependencies in activity could be format in simple way (like 'Require: pygames') and installer should resolve it to proper native package(s); on that way it demands common naming scheme [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
* dependencies in activity could be format in simple way (like 'Require: pygames') and installer should resolve it to proper native package(s); on that way it demands common naming scheme [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
Contra
Contra
* that says nothing about installing activity itself [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
* that says nothing about installing activity itself [[User:Alsroot|alsroot]] 12:36, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
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