[ovirt-devel] Python-GTK User Portal

[Itamar Heim]

On 05/27/2014 02:25 PM, Vojtech Szocs wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Antoni Segura Puimedon" <asegurap at redhat.com>
>> To: "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skrivanek at redhat.com>
>> Cc: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>, "Amador Pahim" <amador at pahim.org>, devel at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 1:16:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] Python-GTK User Portal
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skrivanek at redhat.com>
>>> To: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>, "Amador Pahim" <amador at pahim.org>
>>> Cc: devel at ovirt.org
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 12:54:16 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] Python-GTK User Portal
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>>>
>>> On May 27, 2014, at 12:48 , Vojtech Szocs <vszocs at redhat.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi, this project looks nice!
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, UserPortal can be sluggish on devices with limited performance.
>>>> Going for custom, light-weight UserPortal sounds like a natural choice,
>>>> "samples-portals" repo sounds like a natural place :)
>>>>
>>>> Note that (very) soon I'm going to present a prototype of oVirt.js,
>>>> SDK for working with oVirt within JavaScript environment. In future,
>>>> we could implement light-weight UserPortal as web application, or we
>>>> could use Node.js to host the client application code.
>>>
>>>
>>> It's awesomely simple. Even as a non-web application I think it's worth
>>> it:)
>>> It can be a great way how to find out what are we missing in SDK, what is
>>> not
>>> effective enough for big scale usage, debugging, etc..
>>>
>>> I wouldn't hesitate much to throw the current user portal away and replace
>>> it
>>> with this. One small bug in current portal takes longer to fix than this
>>> whole thing…
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> I admit that current development workflow is quite complex for a rather simple
> application that UserPortal should be. Also consider that UserPortal contains
> two things, "Basic" + "Extended" section, so it's more complex by design :)
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> Anyway, JavaScript SDK should bring more possibilities.
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>> I would not necessarily throw it away, but I'm completely for moving such a
>> project to the oVirt umbrella. We could even have an image for thin clients
>> that boots into this sort of application.
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> Yes, thin clients for specific devices (like ones with limited performance)
> are clients too, so I agree with above.

we could do a 'lighter' version of it (well, we could do a 'basic html' 
version if we really want it light...)

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>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> michal
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>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Vojtech
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Amador Pahim" <amador at pahim.org>
>>>>> To: devel at ovirt.org
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 4:53:35 AM
>>>>> Subject: [ovirt-devel] Python-GTK User Portal
>>>>>
>>>>> Olá,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running some tests with Raspberry Pi, trying to use it as a thin
>>>>> client to oVirt.
>>>>>
>>>>> My initial test was just open web User Portal using a browser. But
>>>>> RasPi limited performance is leading browser to repeatedly show the
>>>>> warning for "unresponsive script" before load the portal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to have a lighter way to access oVirt with the same functions
>>>>> as in "Basic" User Portal, I wrote this Python-GTK client. Its
>>>>> performance in RasPi is quite acceptable currently.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm wondering if you guys have any interest in putting the bits
>>>>> somewhere along with the project repositories. Maybe in
>>>>> "samples-portals"?
>>>>>
>>>>> Source code:
>>>>> https://github.com/apahim/ovirt-userportal-gtk
>>>>>
>>>>> Here a screenshot with it in action:
>>>>> http://pbrd.co/1onSA7O
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> --
>>>>> Pahim
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