Re: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well

["Dan Krol" <orblivion@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah userland, excellent. I was also thinking about keeping it in
userland when I was thinking about this concept. That way, you
wouldn't even need to trust the repo very much.

Again, awesome.

On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Richie Ward <richies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It will be up to the repo to moderate the security of packages.
>
> I plan to have a policy of moderation on my own repository, once its ready.
> I will give moderation privileges to trusted and experienced python
> programmers, and ban people that abuse it. Anyone is free to set up
> their own game repository though!
>
> It runs entirely in userland, it does not need administrator
> privileges. It does not use python's site-packages system.
>
> I plan to have a sophisticated searching system including tags, so
> pyweek games can have a pyweek tag and their website could instruct
> their users to search for a tag, adventure games get a adventure tag
> etc...
> Other plans include translation into other languages.
>
> Perhaps i could think of a way to allow more than one picture,
> dropdown box maybe? or maybe you click it and it shows next one like a
> slideshow. I want to keep the GUI simple, accessible and easy to use.
>
> Also remember, this isnt just for Linux but I have plans to get it
> packaged into ubuntu :)
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Dan Krol <orblivion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This is fantastic, I didn't know this was in the works. I was always
>> thinking, for open source games to take off, there needs to be a good
>> catalog of games that people can browse, and it has to be flashy, but
>> it has to show off the big advantage of open source games, which is
>> that unlike other catalogs (like Steam), you can download it and play
>> the whole thing, right now.
>>
>> For it to be attractive to users, though, I think It would be really
>> nice if the games were categorized, had nice screenshots, etc. It
>> should be like an advertisement, so people will be likely to check it
>> out. But that's just my take.
>>
>> The only question I have is, is there any regard for security? Are the
>> games being looked over before they're added to the repo? Etc. I'm
>> perhaps naive and overly worried, I'm not familiar with how carefully
>> Linux distros (for instance) usually handle this sort of thing.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Noah Kantrowitz <noah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Not to point out the obvious or anything, but why would you not just use
>>> pygame.org, which already has a big database of games. Just add an API for
>>> getting the metadata you need and be done with it.
>>>
>>> --Noah
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-pygame-users@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-pygame-users@xxxxxxxx]
>>>> On Behalf Of Richie Ward
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:25 AM
>>>> To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [pygame] PyGameDB coming along well
>>>>
>>>> The PyGameDB project which has similarity's to the commercial platform
>>>> "Steam" is coming to a usable state.
>>>>
>>>> It is programmed in Python + WxPython.
>>>> It works by adding the game to sys.path and importing the game (very
>>>> simplified way to put it).
>>>> It uses a XML file to get a list of PyGame's. It will also work with
>>>> other types of python games, including opengl based ones, as long as
>>>> they are open source.
>>>> A huge feature is that it will make it easy to deploy pygame's since
>>>> you do not need to package them as a .exe.
>>>> It allows anyone to make a game repository, the XML file url can be
>>>> set inside the application!
>>>>
>>>> I am currently looking for help with:
>>>> * The pygamedb-server which is a website programmed in cherrypy or
>>>> pylons which will allow people to submit/upload games and generates
>>>> the resulting xml file.
>>>> * Beta testers for the client and someone that can test it on Mac OSX
>>>> * Someone to make me a pygamedb logo, I am useless with graphics!
>>>> * Someone with knowlege of WxPython thats willing to help with the
>>>> client gui.
>>>>
>>>> The project is currently missing a big feature, dependency/library
>>>> support (It ignores that in the xml file right now). That will be
>>>> finished very soon.
>>>>
>>>> You can see a screenshot here:
>>>> http://richies.googlepages.com/Screenshot-1.png
>>>> The test repo is hosted here: http://pygamedb.4rensics.org/
>>>> The test XML Data file  is here:
>>>> http://pygamedb.4rensics.org/pygamedb.xml
>>>>
>>>> I plan to get a domain name once pygamedb-server is done.. pygamedb.org
>>>> maybe?
>>>>
>>>> Getting it
>>>> =======
>>>> The project lives at: https://launchpad.net/pygamedb
>>>>
>>>> Windows
>>>> http://launchpad.net/bzr/1.6/1.6beta3/+download/bzr-setup-1.6b3.exe
>>>> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-
>>>> 2.8.8.1-py25.exe
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018
>>>> Install all of the above.
>>>>
>>>> Debian/Ubuntu
>>>> python-wxgtk2.8, bzr
>>>>
>>>> Once you installed that, Run this command:
>>>> bzr branch lp:pygamedb
>>>>
>>>> Running it
>>>> =======
>>>> Windows
>>>> rename pygamedb to pygamedb.py and then run it.
>>>>
>>>> On all other os's just run pygamedb
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks, Richie Ward
>>>
>>>
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