Package manager

[Al Johnson]

Calendar and contact sync will be by SyncML so we don't need to write desktop 
apps for sync. The phone appears as a USB network device among other things, 
so should be able to use the computer's network connection if everything's 
configured correctly. There might be a case for a helper app to do this I 
suppose. Likewise there may be a case for a friendly package selection 
mechanism on a big screen, but it should also be managable without.

On Tuesday 03 July 2007 13:50, Mark Rossman wrote:
> I think we should also consider a phone manager for the desktop (linux
> and windows). which will allow people to connect to their phone and
> install packages along with calendar and address book sync(with
> Thunderbird).  While connected the phone could also use the computer
> for internet connection and bring up a confirmation dialog for all
> packages to install.
>
> On 7/3/07, Al Johnson <openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > I would have thought ipkg would make more sense as it's already used by
> > most distros for handhelds, mainly because it has a smaller footprint
> > than dpkg/apt or rpm/yum. There are several GUI frontends to this, but
> > GPE-Package is probably a good starting point as it uses GTK+ already.
> >
> > http://gpe.handhelds.org/projects/gpe-package.shtml
> >
> > On Tuesday 03 July 2007 11:49, Urivan Saaib wrote:
> > > Hans,
> > >
> > > Debian ? Ubuntu? Click N Run? :) That of course is a 'commercial'
> > > venue. Other than that, I guess an apt-get/yum repository can make it.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > -Urivan Flores-Saaib
> > >
> > > ==============Original message text===============
> > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:37:14 +0100 Hans van der Merwe wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there a project (or plans for one) to simplify adding and removing
> > > apps to the Moko?
> > > Users will want to download and install apps - from official repos (and
> > > obviously 3rd party)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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