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Bruce B
Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 11488 Location: The Peoples Republic of California
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Posted: Sun 26 Jun 2011, 16:24 Post subject:
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russoodle wrote: | BruceB might do his own thing, but some of us need a bit of a shove in the right direction and more confidence before we get to that stage :wink: |
That's what I think I did, I think - went in the right direction.
I was distributing packages. Soon I realized there is a problem and I stopped. I just checked the page below and it appears to me I stopped in 2005.
http://pupweb.org/wikka/DotPupsContributions
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Luluc

Joined: 16 Mar 2011 Posts: 200
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Posted: Sun 26 Jun 2011, 18:34 Post subject:
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sickgut wrote: | What Bruce said is true about the package manager, its handy as a tool to help you get to where your going but we arent tied into using it, and most experience users just grab the static install of the program they wanna use from the vendors site (skype from the skype site, assaultcube from the assultcube site etc...) install them, hunt around for a bit for a few deps, maybe remove some unneeded stuff to strip it a bit and thats it. |
I've been around here for about a couple of months and gotten used to seeing several complaints being dismissed because "Puppy is supposed to be that way, limited but simple, in the name of newbie-friendliness." But now, all of a sudden, it is argued that "most Puppy users are savvy, will get by on their own and don't need no fancy-shmancy package manager."
Well, which is it? It is beginning to sound like the Puppy community will just say whatever suits their mood du jour about just leaving things the way they are.
I've said it elsewhere and I will say it again: the Puppy package manager is one of the most absolutely horrible things I have ever seen in my whole life regarding the use of a computer. The only worse thing I can think of is loading programs from a cassete tape on a ZX Spectrum computer. Yes, that was worse.
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sickgut

Joined: 23 Mar 2010 Posts: 1157 Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
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Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 14:35 Post subject:
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hi luluc, in answer to your perfectly valid argument re your last post:
Quote: | "Puppy is supposed to be that way, limited but simple, in the name of newbie-friendliness." But now, all of a sudden, it is argued that "most Puppy users are savvy, will get by on their own and don't need no fancy-shmancy package manager." |
Yes comming into the Puppy world we are all newbies, incapable of installing programs other than what is in the package manager and the links to software that the helpful people on the irc support chan give you.
it is quite limiting for a new linux user to install all the software they need/ want.
But what usually happens is that the new users gradually learn how to make their own pet packages or install software from other sites, in a gradual learning process as this is the only way to survive in the world of Puppy.
So yes, the package management is crappy and it needs to be fixed up into something better. But most users, if they stick with puppy end up making their own packages. I dont know the exact ratio of people who try puppy, then leave and move onto something else after a week or 2 due to poor package management, compared with the users who stick around and learn to make their own packages, but i think it is safe to say that with better package management, we would grab the newbies and keep them.
To keep our newbies happy we need better package management. But to the experienced users it doesnt really matter as they generally ignore the package manager and make their own custom packages the way they want them.
So Luluc, we do definately indeed need a better package system, the sooner the better.
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sickgut

Joined: 23 Mar 2010 Posts: 1157 Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
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Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 14:48 Post subject:
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sry to keep hogging the thread, but i like bruceb have also stopped making puppy specific packages, this is because it doesnt really fix any problem. It is only a bandaid effect and it i feel it only encourages disunity in the puppy community, there is always 10x different packages made every day that do the same thing all of varying quality and i feel it doesnt help anyone.
Maybe if there was a process in which packages are sorted and organized propperly such as like happens with debian, this would be better. we need only one decent package that does one thing, not 10 different pidgin pets released every day. we are doing 10 times the amount of labour we should be doing as a community and its no wonder some people loose faith in the whole process.
due to the lack of a good package management system i have been trying to help newbies make their own packages, i feel this is more effective but ofcause there is 10 newbies who will slide through the cracks and not get looked after correctly compared to the 1 who makes it through the initiation process.
i also believe that the sooner we get a system that grabs packages from other major distros repos and installs them correctly and strips them down to puppy size, the better. we shouldnt all be slaving away making custom puppy packages if there are a million packages already made, waiting to be download.
ok ill stop hogging the thread, i am quite passionate about package management.
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RetroTechGuy

Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2855 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:35 Post subject:
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r1tz wrote: | I have too agree. The package management is lacking.
I'm sure it will improve. |
I think that one of the big "holes" is that we really don't (or didn't*) have a reliable, long-term stable repository for the package.
And only rarely can a user tell what a package does, or is useful for, by the name alone -- we need a descriptive concordance or index to go with our repository.
* - more and more stuff is being stored at ibiblio. Though the loss of the majority of the content at puppy.asia really hurt... There too we could have used a proper descriptive index of the files.
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sc0ttman

Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2572 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 17:11 Post subject:
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I'm sure others will disagree, but I find the PPM good enough
I like the newer version, zigberts scalable GUI
I like when people add the dependencies to the .PET files,
so that the deps are automatically installed, if needed.
The biggest problem is not the PPM itself, IMHO..
The main issue for me, is the lack of packages listed in the repos,
compared with other distros - there is not so much there.
However, as has been pointed out already on this thread,
like most Puppy users:
- I get my packages from elsewhere (not the PPM or official repos)
- I compile what I can
- I can find most things that I need on the forum
I worked with apt-get a fair bit, I prefer to manually add stuff,
or at least have total control over what gets added.
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Bruce B
Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 11488 Location: The Peoples Republic of California
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Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 18:39 Post subject:
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I'm curious what others think. I'll tell you what I think.
I think if I go around clicking on .pet files, it won't take long before something goes wrong.
What do any of you think about this?
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RetroTechGuy

Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2855 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 21:31 Post subject:
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Bruce B wrote: | I'm curious what others think. I'll tell you what I think.
I think if I go around clicking on .pet files, it won't take long before something goes wrong.
What do any of you think about this?
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I have historically found the same. It often seemed to be and issue with version compatibility (since finding the correct version often works).
I typically make a backup of my pupsave/lupusave before installing new software.
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nitehawk

Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 655 Location: West Central Florida
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Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 22:01 Post subject:
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Yes,...
I also discovered (the hard way!) that not all .pets will work with different versions. Then sometimes ya gotta get a little creative. Like going "outside" of Puppy's repository to find what you need, and stuff that will work on your Puppy version. Some stuff on the Slackware DVD (and the second CD of Vector Linux SOHO 6 edition) will work on Wary...for instance. (Not all of the apps,..just the Java,..Win32 codecs,...OpenOffice, xscreensavers, Opera,....etc. etc).
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Mon 27 Jun 2011, 22:15 Post subject:
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There is always something being done
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02312
Basically Puppy does move fast and is often divergent.
We used to be in a situation where packages had to be compiled, optimised and tested every 6 weeks
Barryk did most of that himself
Puppy contains a full suite of usability but users demand more.
For example I want to test out the latest Chrome Browser
Just downloaded and installed the SFS for Lucid525
Here is more info on software
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Software
Puppy
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Bruce B
Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 11488 Location: The Peoples Republic of California
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Posted: Tue 28 Jun 2011, 03:41 Post subject:
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Lobster wrote: | Barryk did most of that himself :shock: |
Amazing but true. Someday, I hope to accomplish in a month what he can do in a day.
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SimpleWater
Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 94
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Posted: Wed 29 Jun 2011, 04:27 Post subject:
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I may have given the impression that i am of a newbie nature, well that may be, but really, searching for dependencies is a rather tedious task. And after the whole "new2dir make install", and before "dir2pet", i would have to manually find and remove every single file that was installed. (not fun)
As you can see, i'm probably not using the best methods, because the pet packaging 101 thread is horribly outdated and is not thorough. So, yes if you still want to make a decent tutorial sickgut. I encourage it.
Still, the ppm really needs a major makeover
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sc0ttman

Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2572 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed 29 Jun 2011, 04:42 Post subject:
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SimpleWater wrote: | And after the whole "new2dir make install", and before "dir2pet", i would have to manually find and remove every single file that was installed. (not fun) |
Boot with pfix=ram if you must
And I have always found that as long as you know which versions of ubuntu, debian and/or slackware are compatible with your puppy, and you remember to bookmark a decent repo for that version, then you have easy access to loads of working packages and their libs. Easy.
For example, a standard Puppy 4.2 is compatible with Debian Lenny (Stable) - you can safely install nearly anything you like from there (apart from debian specific setup packages of course) and its deps, then it will almost certainly work OK
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r1tz

Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 165 Location: In #puppylinux (IRC)
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Posted: Wed 29 Jun 2011, 06:02 Post subject:
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Simplewater wrote: |
@Sickgut, really good going on your progress. The whole universal repository system, is sounding very nice. Actually that sounds like the ultimate solution, so hopefully development is going well. Debian puppy also sounds intresting as well, although it probably won't have the support from the forum Rolling Eyes |
Hmmm... I think, that if an extra 40mb can give full(or almost full) compatibility with debian, it might actually be a great idea.
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sickgut

Joined: 23 Mar 2010 Posts: 1157 Location: Tasmania, Australia in the mountains.
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Posted: Tue 05 Jul 2011, 09:41 Post subject:
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hi people
http://www.thepussycatforest.info/linux
pussy linux is released. if you remove the pussyxtra.squshfs from the iso or .img then you are left with 67mb for the base live system and 140mb for the pussyos.squashfs
this is compareable to puppy +40mb or so. puppy version 5.0 was 160mb and didnt include a browser. There is still alot of fat that can be trimmed, and if some puppy devs where able get pussy and "pup it up" then you gotta wonder what it would be like to use pussys apt-get install system and have all of puppies nice things too, that would be the ultimate and a world class OS.
so far ive had basicly no one interested in pussy, altho i have hosted more than 100 downloads i dont think its getting the attention it deserves. Its not finnished and it is missing things, its missing the puppy custom stuff like pmount and some puppy specific apps and install scripts and people look at pussy and say its not a puppy. this is true, the whole point of releasing it in this form is so that some puppy devs might fit the cool puppy things in it and turn it into a puppy
now pussy is 100% compatible with debian, it isnt 99% or offers some partial compatibility. It is 100% able to apt-get any thing from debian repos and it will work 100% of the time. This is a 100% working solution to package management.
apt-get update
apt-get instalt whateverthehellyouwant
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