[ovirt-devel] Python-GTK User Portal

[Antoni Segura Puimedon]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Itamar Heim" <iheim at redhat.com>
> To: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>, "Antoni Segura Puimedon" <asegurap at redhat.com>
> Cc: devel at ovirt.org
> Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2014 9:36:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] Python-GTK User Portal
> 
> On 05/27/2014 02:25 PM, Vojtech Szocs wrote:
> >
> >
> > ----- 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On May 27, 2014, at 12:48 , Vojtech Szocs <vszocs at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> 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…
> >
> > 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 :)
> >
> > Anyway, JavaScript SDK should bring more possibilities.
> >
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> > 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...)

The problem for ultra-thin clients, like the raspberry pi is, is that the browser
itself is a taking a lot of resources.  But in any case, making a lighter user
portal, once wayland is stable and using midori, it could be performant enough
for ultra-thin clients.

> 
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> michal
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 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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