[Icon-tech] Developer Update

[Keith Watson]

Actually I think this is more of an issue with the program manager and 3rd
party apps not being in the core install. If you use developer to install
the app you are basically handing off the management to the program manager
and developer is no longer being used for developing so to speak.

Until recently there has not been much 3rd party development or interest in
doing so. Developer has fueled some of the interest and issues like this are
being uncovered as we begin to play more with it.

Just my two cents,

Keith



-----Original Message-----
From: icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws [mailto:icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws] On
Behalf Of Nick Gawronski
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 11:49 AM
To: Icon-tech at mulcahy.ws
Subject: Re: [Icon-tech] Developer Update

Hi, I also had a similar problem with some software I think it was an older 
version of developer I had installed using a backup and not knowing where 
the program files were kept meant I had to reflash and recreate everything 
from my backup as I did not know where to change to fix the fact that the 
older version of developer was installed and the installer would not remove 
the package as all files were not there.  This is why there needs to be an 
option in the developer menu to uninstall software you install.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Watson" <tk.watson at verizon.net>
To: "'Icon technical discussions.'" <icon-tech at mulcahy.ws>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:54 AM
Subject: RE: [Icon-tech] Developer Update


> Michael,
>
> There needs to be some mechanism for being able to delete a third party 
> app
> that has been installed. I went around and around with getting all the 
> parts
> of blackjack removed so that I could update it to support the move to 2.6.

> I
> finally found /etc/installed.d and removed the xml there and was able to
> install the new version. The problem occurs when one reflashes the unit. 
> The
> third party app is no longer installed. But the xml still exists because 
> it
> was backed up and restored. Now your unit thinks that the package is
> installed when in actuality it is not.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws [mailto:icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws] 
> On
> Behalf Of Michael McDonald
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 8:29 AM
> To: Icon technical discussions.
> Subject: RE: [Icon-tech] Developer Update
>
> Is there a big need to be able to uninstall programs??
>
> I've done some work on creating help for third party apps.  If you create 
> a
> new app from a template, it will create a help html file and install it to
> the correct location.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws [mailto:icon-tech-bounces at mulcahy.ws] 
> On
> Behalf Of Nick Gawronski
> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 10:37 PM
> To: icon-tech at mulcahy.ws
> Subject: Re: [Icon-tech] Developer Update
>
> Hi, One thing I would like to see in developer is an option if a user
> installs a project from with in developer they also be able to remove the
> project.  There is no option 3 and clearly that should be remove.  Another
> feature that I would think would be nice is some easy way of writing
> documentation so from with in a program a user could just tap the help key
> and get into the manual for your program as I don't see a way to do this
> currently.  Is there any guidelines on writing documentation and where it 
> is
>
> to be put and what is the name of the file for it?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael McDonald" <mmcdonald at aph.org>
> To: "Icon technical discussions." <icon-tech at mulcahy.ws>
> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 6:11 AM
> Subject: [Icon-tech] Developer Update
>
>
>> An update to developer is up.  It fixes some of the bugs and has some
>> improvements to the editor:
>>
>> http://tech.aph.org/mm/files/levelstar-developer_2.1.1-r0_arm.ipk
>>
>> Mike
>>
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