[Hamara-devel] Default desktop apps in Sugam release

[Vikas Tara]

On 22/09/16 07:43, Krishnakant wrote:
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> On Thursday 22 September 2016 01:41 AM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>> On 21/09/16 20:09, Krishnakant wrote:
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>>> On Thursday 22 September 2016 12:19 AM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>>>> On 21/09/16 19:43, Krishnakant wrote:
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>>>>> On Thursday 22 September 2016 12:11 AM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>>>>>> On 21/09/16 19:19, Krishnakant wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Wednesday 21 September 2016 11:19 PM, Vikas Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 21/09/16 14:39, Sagar wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
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>>>>>>>>>         Just created  wiki page
>>>>>>>>> <https://wiki.hamaralinux.org/wiki/index.php/Hamara_Sugam#Desktop_Apps_in_Sugam> 
>>>>>>>>> which contains  list of default applications to be included in
>>>>>>>>> sugam .
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>>>>>>>>> Lets discuss here about applications which should be included
>>>>>>>>> as default desktop applications in Sugam release. As per
>>>>>>>>> recent discussion here on mailing list "pidgin" will be used
>>>>>>>>> as default XMPP client.
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>>>>>>>> I've added these categories:
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>>>>>>>>> *Internet*
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>>>>>>>>> *Communication*
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>>>>>>>>> *Office / Productivity*
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>>>>>>>>> *Entertainment*
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>>>>>>>>> *Education*
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>>>>>>>>> *Games*
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>>>>>>>>> *Administration*
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>>>>>>> No accessibility?
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>>>>>> Good catch, there is now :)
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>>>>> may as well add accounting/ finance.
>>>>> We have GNUKhata to start with and there is GNUCash for personal
>>>>> books.
>>>>> I can asure you that there is no distro wich such a section to the
>>>>> best of my knowledge.
>>>>> In addition GNUKhata is already on it's way to have inventory.
>>>>> So we can pitch Hamara as the true Indian distro with even
>>>>> software for indian accounting system.
>>>> I am not sure if we should include this category in hamara sugam -
>>>> I think we should add this to the full blown hamara release.
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>>>> Once we get the sugam basics in order, we will open up development
>>>> on the next hamara release - but based on Debian this time.
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>>>> What do you think?
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>>> Not a bad idea.
>>> By that time you will also have GNUKhata with Inventory.
>>> Meanwhile we can always have people install GNUKhata on Sugam.
>>> happy hacking.
>>> Krishnakant.
>> What's the plan with having it packaged for Debian? That would make
>> is simple to pull into Sugam
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> GNUKhata is very stable and accountants have liked it a lot.
> So one problem with packaging for Debian is that they will still put
> in testing or unstable, which is a bad thing for GNUKhata given it's
> stability.
> Other than that I don't see any reason why it should not be packaged
> for Debian or any distro for that matter.
> May be we can do some PPA which users can add and then install in
> Debian or even Hamara or Ubuntu etc.
> But in any case it will be a good idea to package it for Debian.
We're basing on Debian Testing anyhow - so if it's in there it's in
hamara too. Suggest we focus on getting it into Debian Testing?

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