Yesterday, Chris uncovered the fix for something that’s been bugging (groan) Keryx users for some time now. The bug prevented Keryx from downloading all “recommend” packages, preventing installation on the target machine. For example, if a user wanted to download VLC, Keryx would fail to download the recommended package “vlc-plugin-pulse”.
The bug has been fixed in a new release, 0.92.4.1, and is available on the Download page.
Chris has been working hard on Unwrapt, which will be the backend for Keryx 1.0. As that is coming along, we will need to think about the Keryx 1.0 interface. Chris has asked me to take some of the ideas which we’ve talked about and turn them into GUI mockups.
Several changes to how Keryx 1.0 will operate are going to require changes to the GUI. For one thing, “projects” will be called “computer profiles”, or simply “computers”. Since Keryx will no longer be carried on a flash drive, profiles will not be stored with Keryx. Instead, users will “Add a computer” to a flash drive of their choice.
Also, users will no longer select a project from a drop-down list to open it. They will select the drive they’re using to store profiles and select a computer from a list of profiles stored on the drive.
The package management window is also getting a face-lift. In previous versions, Keryx has listed a lot of not-completely-necessary information for each package, making the list crowded. Now, only package names will be listed. When the user selects a package, a new pane will appear on the right providing the details of the package as well as a download button.
When the user downloads a package, a new Downloads tab will appear. Each package being downloaded will be listed along with its full URL and a progress bar. The tab will also include a Cancel button (Hurray!).
Everything in the preferences window will simply be moved to a tab.
Finally, when more than one tab is up, the welcome screen will remain in a tab titled “Home”.
These mockups were made using Pencil. If you’d like to tinker with them yourself, just download the Pencil document.
Please let us know what you think!
We have put together a list of goals for 0.92.4+1 (as it will be known until we decide on a version number) which will address 0.92.x’s biggest problems and give us a better feel for what 1.0 will look like. Since each of the features is stand-alone, we can release them one at a time for testing, then bundle them all together to make one grand release.
First on the list is a full-featured command line interface. 0.92.x has had the ability to create projects on the command line for a while, but most features have remained GUI-only. This has been a real problem for command-line-only users. So, we’ve implemented the CLI and released it for your enjoyment. Here’s what it looks like in action:
A few things you’ll need to know about this preview release:
That’s it! Download it, test it, and let us know how it goes.
The two major new features in Keryx 0.92.4 are:
As a bonus, we have a new tutorial on Keryxproject.org.
So get over to the Download page and check it out!
After two weeks of testing and bugfixing for 0.92.4, it’s time to release 0.92.4 Beta!
There are still a few known bugs that need fixing…
So head to the Test Keryx 0.92.4 page and check it out!
If you run into any trouble please report it on Launchpad or on the Forums.
There are quite a few improvements in this release, but these are a couple of the big ones…
There have also been a couple of bugfixes…
Enough talk. Download 0.92.4, give it a try, and let us know how it goes!
If you run into any trouble please report it on Launchpad or on the Forums.
Some users have encountered the following error while trying to run Keryx on Linux.
ImportError: No module named delayedresult
This error is a result of using an older version of WxPython. The solution is to remove the older WxPython libraries and install the newer ones. In Ubuntu that is accomplished with this command:
sudo apt-get remove libwxbase2.6-0 libwxgtk2.6-0 python-wxgtk2.6 && sudo apt-get install libwxbase2.8-0 libwxgtk2.8-0 python-wxgtk2.8
Keryx 0.92.3.1 was released this morning, complete with new translations and default projects for Ubuntu Hardy and Karmic.
Although a few bugs have been reported, they all appear minor and existed before the 0.92.3.1 changes. They can be fixed in a future release.
Drop by the Download page and get it while it’s hot!
While working on 0.92.4, some quick improvements have been made that can be released by right away. Among them are…
Assuming no major bugs are discovered in the next week, 0.92.3.1 will be released Saturday the 12th of this month. If you encounter any issues, please report them on the forums.
Head on over to the 0.92.3.1 download page to get started.
Happy testing!
UPDATE: 0.92.3.1 has been officially released and is available on our download page.
Tuesday night, we discussed how Keryx should install packages. Although the development team would like Keryx to install packages without the user ever having to see the command line, we finally decided that that would be impractical to attempt before 1.0. Instead, apt-get (or aptitude) will be called inside an xterm so the user can read and diagnose any errors. This will make package installation much easier to implement and get Keryx 0.92.4 out sooner.
The development team still needs to
