[izpack-devel] possible IzPack improvements...

[Markus Schlegel]

Attached a patch that implements the InstallationGroup Sortorder using
approach 3.II .
The Patch also contains the documentation enhancement for that feature.

Markus

2007/5/8, Julien Ponge <julien.ponge at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> > I'd like to make the following improvements, and would like to know if
> this
> > is ok before I make some investments.
> > I don't wana make it if they will not get merged into the trunk...
>
> We will merge useful changes, but we cannot promise to actually merge
> them before they have been made ;-)
>
> > 1. The UninstallerFrame has a fixed Title " IzPack - Uninstaller". The
> > Frametitle should also be translated. Alternatively, we could introduce
> the
> > possibility to provide a pluggable Uninstaller, so as everyone could
> provide
> > it's own Uninstaller(-GUI).
>
> Both are ok with me, although allowing alternative installers may
> complicate the whole thing.
>
> > 2. The language selection dialog should display the
> help-message/description
> > in the language of the system the installer is running on. This can be
> > achieved by including a Standard Java ResourceBundle. This ensures, that
> the
> > native language used by the LanguageSelectionDialog does not interfere
> with
> > the language selected by the user (don't have to load langpack twice).
>
> https://izpack.github.io/wiki/todo -> you should coordinate with Klaus for this.
>
> > 3. Should have the possibility to sort the InstallationGroup's in the
> > InstallationGroupPanel other than with the Name. This can be achieved
> either
> > through one of these ways:
> > ( -- snip --)
> >   II. provide the sortkey like the description in the langpack.
> >   --> the first one is the clean approach, while the second one requires
> > less coding, and integrates better in the existing codebase.
>
> 3.II is better with me as long as the sortkey remains an optional
> parameter (not everyone wants groups).
>
> Cheers
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