Components Status for Documentation
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This table will help technical writers to follow the status of each component so they can know whether they are ready to:
- write the documentation
- take the screenshots
Please report any missing component notably for MCC. Also report tools that shouldn't need documentation.
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[edit] Components Status
| Component | Who to contact | Remarks and Changes / 2008.1 | Functionally stable | Definitive appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Installer (DrakX) | Pixel | Nothing new for now | Yes | Yes |
| Desktop (KDE icons, quick launch, applets, etc.) | Helio | Design all integrated | Yes | Yes |
| Mandriva Theme (Ia Ora?) | Frédéric Crozat | Free theme did not change (smooth) - One and PWP will be the same (blue) | Yes | Yes |
| Mandriva Control Center (general interface) | Anne Nicolas | Nothing new | Yes | Yes |
| drakbug | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drak3d | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakbackup | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakboot | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakclock | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakclub | Anne Nicolas | deprecated | NC | NC |
| drakconnect | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakconsole | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakdisk | Anne Nicolas | changes on encrypted partition: use of dmcrypt instead of cryptoloop | Yes | Yes |
| drakedm | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakfax | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakfirewall | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakfirstboot | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakfont | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakgw | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakhardware | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakhosts | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakids | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakinvictus | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakkeyboard | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| draklocale | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| draklog | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakmenustyle | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakmouse | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| draknetcenter | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| draknetprofile | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| draknfs | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakonline | Anne Nicolas | deprecated - see drakrpm-update | NC | NC |
| drakperm | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakprinter | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakproxy | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakroam | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| rpmdrake | Anne Nicolas | Nearly finalized | yes | yes |
| draksambashare | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakscanner | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| draksec | Anne Nicolas | yes | yes | |
| draksound | Anne Nicolas - Thierry Vignaud - Fred Crozat | modifications sent - including PulseAudio | Yes | No |
| drakups | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakuser | Anne Nicolas | Need to add link to transfugdrake if a Windows OS is detected | No | No |
| drakvpn | Yves | yes | yes | |
| drakx11 | Anne Nicolas | only one icon left in mcc to find needed icon more easily | Yes | Yes |
| drakxservices | Anne Nicolas | Yes | Yes | |
| drakxtv | Anne Nicolas | deprecated | NC | NC |
| backup/restore system (draksnapshot) | Anne Nicolas | in progress - information sent | No | No |
| Parental Control | Anne Nicolas | in progress - information sent | No | No |
| transfugdrake | Anne Nicolas | Add a way to manage links on existing Document and Settings | Yes | No |
[edit] Mandriva Control Center
The MMC is now composed of 8 elements. 'Mount Points' has been removed. It has been reorganized and divided in two sections: 'Network Sharing' and 'Local disk'.
[edit] Software Management
- The software install and uninstall tools have disappeared.
- They have been replaced by the Software Media Manager.
[edit] Hardware
- The shortcuts for Graphical Configuration have disappeared.
- New tool enabling to configure a fax server.
[edit] Network and Internet
- Several tools have disappeared:
- Reconfigure a network interface,
- Delete a network interface,
- Wireless connection,
- Alter Miscellaneous Internet Settings, and
- Monitor the Network connections.
- One tool added:
- Control and Configure network connections.
[edit] System
- One tool added: Select the authentication method
[edit] Network Sharing
- Several tools have been removed:
- Managing your Hard Drive Partition with DiskDrake,
- Managing Removable Devices,
- Importing Remote SMB Directories
- Allowing Users to share Folders
[edit] Local Disk
- The sections that have been removed from Mount Points and inserted here are:
- Managing your Hard Drive Partition with DiskDrake (now Create, delete and resize hard disk partitions),
- Allowing Users to share Folders (now Setting up sharing of your hard disk partitions),
- New sections added:
- Set where your "ATAPI-CDROM-DRIVE-50MAX" CD-ROM drive is mounted,
- Set where your "PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W124TS" CD/DVD burner is mounted,
- Set where your floppy drive is mounted
[edit] Security
- New tool added: Set up network interfaces failover and firewall replication.
[edit] Boot
- The Display manager chooser has been moved from System and added to this section.
