Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] this and that

[Xavier V. <xav...@fr...>]

Hi list !

> heavy traffic here!
Right !

> First, an announcement: The new X11 driver is finished! Much easier than 
> the old one, becuase of no second updater thread necessary.
Cool ! I'll test it heavilly.
BTW: would it be possible to build a gnome-applet on top of X11 or
pixmap plugin rapidly without rewriting all the code ? I really dislike
gnome-multiload-applet :/

> Task list from Xavier: checked as "Status" into CVS. Great work! But I 
> didn't update it by now...
Thanks.

> PHP is ok for me, too. But, Xavier, with your bad internet connection, 
> how would you keep things up to date regularly? I can't be of much help, 
>   because I don't even know how BHB is spelled :-)
I fact, I can code the site, and then Jerry can manage it. The zwe  
 engine works with predefined functions in an include and writing
  pages is _really_ easy (just calling functions for titles, special
 div, ...)

> Debian packaging: a core package including the core and only plugins and 
> drivers without any dependencies should be ok (no need to put all 
> drivers in extra packages: the core should make sense 'alone')
> I don't think a seperation in 'hard' and 'soft' does make sense...
> 
> Plugins with external dependencies: one .deb for every plugin ?
> Drivers with external dependencies: one .deb for each driver ?
I really don't know what to do about this :/
Packaging non-dep plugins into lcd4linux package is a good idea. If
extern-deps plugins are not numerous we may think about making
one-plugin debs.

> Is there anything really missing for 0.10.0?
> - isdn (completely missing)
> - GPO's (completely missing)
> - Key/Event handling (completely undone)
What about driving multiple displays (one layout per display) from a
single lcd4linux instance ? I don't know if it's technically possible,
but it may be a good thing (think about a toshiba graphic display to
show graphs and a MO to drive PWM fans + a gnome applet)

Bye !
-- 
Xavier VELLO <xav...@fr...>