Re: [Gnumed-devel] automatic rebuild of live-cd

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 05:15:52PM +0200, Hilbert, Sebastian wrote:

> > > Can we have a "GNUmed" icon right in the middle of the
> > > desktop ?
This was meant to not require people to be smart and guess
that GNUmed can be started from the menu ;-)

> > > And two more for starting/stopping PostgreSQL also right on
> > > the desktop ?
> 
> I can do that. I will still have it started as default because many people 
> will not understand that it is not running by default,
Absolutely !  Or else start it from within the GNUmed
startup script (say, via the gnumed-startup-local.sh).

> > And two more for dumping/restoring the GNUmed database
> > to/from USB attached media ?
> >
> Hmm, What do you mean by that. You would need to write a small program for 
> that so the device can be chosen interactively.
Sure, that'd be required. It'd be a neat (but very optional)
feature as one could keep and reuse a database modified
during a live-cd session.

> Or you would have to hardcode that.
Can't really know beforehand.

> I would have to take a look at xdialog. I am not sure how many people 
> actually 
> want a live CD and if there is any demand for it outside the usual suspects.
True enough.

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