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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # sb-builder Desktop GUI for managing a Slackware SlackBuilds build VM from one place. It -runs slackrepo builds, overlay syncs (sbpull, sbshadow), hintfile work -(mkhint) and SBo orphan discovery on the VM over ssh, as background jobs that +runs slackrepo builds, overlay syncs (sbpull, sbshadow), hint file updates +and SBo orphan discovery on the VM over ssh, as background jobs that keep running when the GUI disconnects and can be reattached later. A dashboard shows VM and repository state, and the GUI can start the VM through libvirt when it is off. @@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ Work in progress. See `docs/superpowers/specs/` for the design. ## Requirements - Desktop: Python 3.11 or newer, PyQt6 (with QtDBus), ssh access to the VM, - optionally `virsh` for starting the VM + optionally `virsh` for starting the VM and `nvchecker` for upstream checks - VM: Python 3.11 or newer, root ssh login, the [slackrepo_setup](https://forge.slackware.nl/danix/slackrepo_setup) tools (`sbpull`, `sbshadow`) - and mkhint ## Install @@ -58,6 +57,19 @@ Every key is optional. `File > Reload config` rereads the GUI config. the package's last attempt (slackrepo keeps one per command: `build.log`, `update.log`, `rebuild.log`, `remove.log`), where it reports the failure, with its `resource.log` (load, memory, tmp over the build). +- **Hints** (ribbon): every package with a hint or an nvchecker stanza, with + hint, `.info` and upstream version. **Check upstream** runs nvchecker on the + desktop over `nvchecker.toml` in this repo (stanza name = package name, edit + it by hand to track a package; `hints.nvchecker_keyfile` gives it a GitHub + token) and ticks the outdated packages. **Update selected** rewrites their + hints on the VM (version, URLs, md5 of the downloaded source; **no download** + writes `DOWNLOAD="no"` instead; a hint sbshadow wrote, `DELREQUIRES` only, + gets the `.info` version lines added). **Delete hint** keeps a `.bak`. The Packages detail pane has **New hint** for a package + without one. +- After a hint job a dialog shows the diff of each changed hint, with + **Revert** per package and **Build these** (a slackrepo update preview). + neovim and openvino are refused for now: their bundled deps still need + mkhint on the VM. - Real runs sign the repository. When the package signing key is locked (status bar 🔒), the GUI asks for its passphrase first and hands it to the VM's gpg-agent; it is never stored. |