From Mandriva Community Wiki

These are proposals for desired functionality or "white papers" describing existing functionality. This is also the place to come to when looking for detailed descriptions of as yet unsolved problems.

Problems and Proposals

• RPM Pre- or CVS-version: proposed macros to make dealing with prerelease or cvs snapshots easier
• Distro Specific Release Tag: A proposal for implementing a distribution specific release tag (ie for rebuilds/backports)
• Policies/Mirror_Structure: A proposal for a new hierarchical structure on Mandriva mirrors
• Development/Docs/Kernel_Deadlocks: Analysis of kernel deadlocks in Mandriva 9.2
• Boot Time Optimisation: Analysis of the boot, to reduce boot time
• Improving Usability: How to improve the overall usability of Mandriva Linux
• Development/Howto/Proxy_Support: How applications support proxy settings and proposed improvements

Tools and Technical Articles

• mklivecd: a draft proposal for a live CD version of Mandriva Linux
• Menu System: How to add an item to all Window Managers using menu
• XDG Menu System: How to add an item to all Window Managers using the new XDG menu
• Development/Howto/Wmsession : How to add a new window manager to all display managers ( gdm, kdm, ... ) and how to add a new display manager.
• Tools/urpmi/Development/Synthesis : Description of the synthesis format used by urpmi
• SpecfilesSwitch : Using --with switch to rebuild srpm
• Docs/SysAdmin/Server/TerminalServer: A guide to the terminal-server package
• Docs/SysAdmin/Server/TerminalServer2: A guide to the new terminal-server2 package
• CVS Howto : Some help regarding Mandriva cvs access.
• RPM From CVS Guidelines: How to manage a project in terms of cvs and rpm
• Initscript Howto: What to know if you need to write your own initscript
• Development/Howto/WritingWizard: How to write your own wizard for fun and profit
• Projects/DrakWizard: available drakwizards with their capabilities
• Development/Howto/CrossCompilation: Creating a cross compiler package from the srpm.
• Development/Ports/XBOX : Running Mandriva Linux on the Microsoft Xbox.
• Development/Howto/CreateRepository : How to create your own repository.
• HotPluggableHardwareRemovableMedia : How hotpluggable hardware and removable media are handled in Mandriva Linux 2005 and later
• Tools/urpmi/LDAP : How to place urpmi configuration in ldap
• LSB Package: Building an LSB compliant package.
• Ipv6Status : Using IPv6 on Mandriva Linux
• Udev : How udev is going to replace devfs and hotplug
• Interactive Firewall : Mandriva's Interactive Firewall
• Development/Howto/ForkingCvsWithSvk : How to work on cvs while being disconnected
• Projects/EasyWifi: tools and technical choices about wireless in Mandriva Linux
• Policies/DrakXGui: libraries and GUI policy used in DrakXTools
• GrubVsLilo: Pros and Cons of grub and lilo
• Accelerated Desktop: Accelerated desktop effects (Xgl/AIGLX + compiz)
• perl_checker: lint-like tool used to statically check DrakX, libDrakX and drakxtools
• Development/Docs/suspend-scripts_migration

Related topics

• Feature requests
• RPM HowTo