[wpkg-users] Wrapper hints...

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Jens,

Jens Geile wrote:
> Wishlist for 1.2.1:
> - Fixed offline mode
> - Support for the STD_OUT messages from WPKG 1.1.*-mc*
> - Whatever needs fixing :p

Don't expect the STDOUT feature to be finished soon. I know this will 
need quite some work on WPKG client side. You have to know that the WPKG 
service which starts wpkg.js/wrapper.js needs to parse the messages and 
translate them to some usable user-display messages. WPKG itself is just 
printing what it is currently doing and how much will be done in total. 
This already allows displaying a kind of progress bar or more 
information about the current package. However parsing will be required.

In addition it is not the WPKG service displaying the messages to the 
user. It is another process (in fact the login process?) which delays 
user logon. Therefore a communication between these processes need to be 
set up which might be even more challenging.


Perhaps also wpkg.js needs to be adapted to some additional requirements 
(like message formatting or message verbosity).
@Tomasz: Feel free to tell me if the format needs to be changed.


To make it clear again: Do not expect a solution here very soon. 
Continously putting pressure on Tomasz does not help here. I am sure he 
will do it when he has time for it. Currently there are much more 
important issues to be fixed.

Thanks for understanding.

Rainer