Refracta Development, Scripts, etc.
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fsmithred

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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Tue Dec 27, 2011 3:09 pm

Simple install asks what partition you want to use for the installation and where you want the bootloader. I'm pretty sure it does not run the partitioner, so you need to have a partition ready for it. If you're installing from a usb flash drive, be careful about which drive is which. I might need to put in some more error checking for that.
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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:16 pm

zsync is really good, got the new snapshot. Testing in vbox for now.
er... the space should be after the end of the cmdline! It's in the middle.
refracta-configs working ok, changing to only 2 alts makes adding a variant simpler.
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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:24 pm

Re snapshot and other distros:
Most seem to be sid or testing based. For refracta to keep up with changes in sid does mean someone has to be constantly on the case, live-boot especially is a moving target.
Also these "distros" are "debian deviants" in varying degrees, meaning there are distro-specific packages or even core system differences which are not debian (although some of that could be said of Refracta) That's why I'm pleased that the refracta scripts have been cleanly deb-packaged.
I know nothing of mint and probably never will. AV Linux is connected with remastersys and based on testing. Siduction is sid-based (it uses it's own installer, scripts, kernel, live-initramfs and other packages but is easily convertable to straight sid) I'm looking at the siduction xfce release myself today, at very least it's worth a spin for a preview of the current state of xfce in sid and in it's own right seems actually rather good.
I understand ukbrian's annoyance with grub2 being enforced to mbr, refracta installer does not do that. Before I discovered refracta I got to know remastersys reasonably well, that issue (there were others too) was the end here for remastersys. I actually use grub-legacy because I understand it, it works, installs to PBR, is configurable from a simple text editor and is still in official Debian. No conflicts with refracta, my legacy grub is multiboot and intact.
Re package managers apart from apt-get/aptitude:
Personally I don't/won't go anywhere near them, except sometimes synaptic for browsing only. But I do think, a means of automating/simplifying refracta git updates is valuable.
BTW Refracta probably soon needs to re-evaluate any reliance on gnome apps. Gnome as we know it has the death sentence.
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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:01 pm

> dzz wrote:er... the space should be after the end of the cmdline! It's in the middle.

Oops! That's what happens when I'm in a hurry. New iso coming soon - maybe tonight or tomorrow.
I don't use the gui package managers, either, but I did for a long time, and I know that lots of people rely on them. If you install synaptic, gdebi and update-manager, you'll have to remove some other packages to keep the iso under 700mb. That's part of the reason I wrote repsit.
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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:46 pm

One more time...
snapshot-20111227_1524.iso
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... les/6.0.6/
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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:01 pm

Forgot to allow javascript for duckduckgo. I'm in the habit of temporarily allowing things.
Any other stupid little things I need to fix? Speak now...
ukbrian

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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:54 pm

I started doing a snapshot but I quite quickly canceled and when I did another snapshot it started off normally with the first screens but when it went off to take the snapshot it quickly showed the done/finished screen.
When I took another snapshot it performed normally.
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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:01 pm

Only a suggestion but how about on this screen
Put "Refracta" or "Refracta Snapshot" in the titlebar
remove running, it seems pointless, the bar is moving
replace it with your existing titlebar message, e.g. the "Copying filesyste" in picture
Could you use the same screen form for the finished message with
Display "All finished" instead of "running"
A full progress bar
Just the OK control displayed
Instead of the existing
I've never used dropbox's public folder to post pics before.
My server seems to be down at the moment.
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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:25 pm

download will finish in 20 minutes, then i will need a day or two /or more/.
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## Re: Uploaded daily (weekly?) build

Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:25 pm

I've added these lines to a launcher on the desktop
Name=Refracta Snapshot
Name[en_GB]=GB Snapshot
Name[DE]=DE Snapshot
I can't get it to show the Name[en_GB] entry with gb set or Name[DE] set with de set.
If I create a launcher and add the line in geany on another stable os same versian of xfce, as soon as I save in geany the text on the desktop changes.
This is happening with my Refracta install and the live CD
It might need checking incase it's not me again.
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