From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on atuin X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by atuin.qyliss.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A125FA72; Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:16:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm1-x32b.google.com (mail-wm1-x32b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32b]) by atuin.qyliss.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99B53FA6A for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:16:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wm1-x32b.google.com with SMTP id a5so7372384wmb.0 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2020 11:16:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=DM4b3BaWgXJdafLGBcuYDshvHo5Fat0krxXTo5IKVCE=; b=ORKx2Xi1aIGGfPLN1l9JM65JPlQquJKyFghaR4ftTKpbdBrGhmkhMDUdLAaW+PCPyQ 1TMZHGKRLkDBDibUbf1zyLopjBEZpuY8LGlMP8Dsf3Wyg36wx4B7iLe2D2/sBBdnG26U iZRheKNhAZmmFLqfZRY9xfBPtAQlPgx7E5wB8snzwHbFJZDp7cxCbIEfjG8bJIsmmvIv oh1vKQjKjf3Ypw7SA4ET+qfvKwKFzqMz6l5NsUpOxZnwqsOUcMwCaMkJGNPNrVafyYq/ HQK71NG0eaxI3vW2GmPe1WWRJR3T6EU6wYWrHZpqbU3VhZHfSngEwfa68FIuQFgUunly 9jSg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=DM4b3BaWgXJdafLGBcuYDshvHo5Fat0krxXTo5IKVCE=; b=BfgweWEyldoJN5/Dns9K7B67M8XxsitNnRVOztaKfJ3J/pd7+Oa7mJt3Ed9QllwwYp Oiun4e4osrk8TDI2ZdSQA7ViqB3ZCVC8M9ITbF8t1UcbIifN3JWrN5OSKrZrTO3/UZdQ l0raA903Ngjshc/3ActCW61u5z5fvu+kjm7xT3KRtmMt/umSP4LRkvVnm+AUyl3lKYaH 4prve9dZll3R0hvIosqXHKW/Bo7Pg+6jxA8DLn/rSENhMgwCqT6ihzYJtMKJeNmzcWbr VyokZW+JqMSuH/C8P9rQHuWWFFSWemK51C+d7TnURIQYM/XRxP9E5+3S4CaikFGVHWjH ks+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXCsecXcN63EbwdD8jFB+QQb09CTKXBbhRgBGgRhjold9h+Z342 mBE+PmlSCGLsHXDDOp1tTgefKwqPgX/XCetshEweTuw6rAo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzGERU4PKAOtbyNSpkqDxGb7PTmSdvTuRVtpNX6QlVCHROTbDcWuFC+la8PTdD+algPeNpnxFnFOhFhW/j6NOk= X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:54c:: with SMTP id k12mr16174128wmc.124.1578856566162; Sun, 12 Jan 2020 11:16:06 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <87sgknuek9.fsf@alyssa.is> In-Reply-To: <87sgknuek9.fsf@alyssa.is> From: "/#!/JoePea" Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 11:15:30 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GUI for installing compartmentalized apps? To: Alyssa Ross Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: OB657KJXRZAAPLT2BJKTQXTL5BTQ52TB X-Message-ID-Hash: OB657KJXRZAAPLT2BJKTQXTL5BTQ52TB X-MailFrom: trusktr@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; suspicious-header CC: discuss@spectrum-os.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.2.2 Precedence: list List-Id: General high-level discussion about Spectrum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Interesting. I wonder if there's a way to make it easy to use certain dependencies in a terminal session. F.e. maybe from the GUI tool we can launch a terminal with chosen dependencies (like nix-shell), or launch any app that way. #!/JoePea On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 2:33 PM Alyssa Ross wrote: > > > Subject: GUI for installing compartmentalized apps? > > > > Is this something planned for Spectrum down the line? > > Yes, but it might be a while. I have some ideas for how it could work > -- a Nix configuration file could be supplemented by an imported JSON > (or similar) file managed by a graphical tool. This would mean that, > even when it wasn't up to some complex task like a package override, a > graphical tool could be used for managing the simple cases. > > Such a tool would also be immediately useful for NixOS, so even > non-Spectrum users could benefit from it. It might even mean somebody > not even involved in Spectrum might develop it!