Design: new package "SynoCli net"

[ymartin59]

Create a package for small command line utilities dedicated to network/remote access.
Revival of #2261
Tools candidates:

• screen (from testdisk)
• tmux (replace standalone package)
• mosh Added mosh #2936 [Package Request] Mosh #2483
• socat [Package Request] socat #3249
• nmap
• sshfs
• aria2 dedicated package planned Add Aria2 build #2959

Any other ideas?
Wanted contribution: an generic icon for "SynoCli" package group, with "net" text addition for category

[publicarray]

How about iftop, mtr, nethogs ? or should those be a separate group (including nmap)?

I've created an Icon but I've used Font Awesome so inclusion of their licence is needed: https://fontawesome.com/license

icons.zip

Edit: or more cli like?

And for those that set their shell to green 😆

[ymartin59]

@publicarray Thanks for these icons... I still wonder if spksrc is really the right place to provide "simple" command line tools that are already available with entware-ng #3255 (or may be added there).
There is already a lot of volume to maintain here, so I would be pleased to "delegate" to keep our list of applications "relevant" and as short as possible.

[publicarray]

I see your point. Hm the packages that I suggested are more aimed for router users/network people anyway. I don't have an answer either. However I do think that we could combine all current CLI packages together into one meta CLI package (or maybe just two, one that is a more lightweight version). The current proposal with CLI categories is also a good idea. I don't know..

Another option for NAS users (I don't think the hardware in the router is quite enough) is to install Debian-Chroot to get all the CLI galore.

Edit: I read to fast. I see the duplicates now: https://github.com/Entware/entware-packages/tree/master/net

So mtr, nethogs, nmap and socat are duplicates. Entware is a big package though. It contains clamav, snort and mysql (in utils)

[publicarray]

So here is how I see it. People can install Debian-Chroot and have access to "everything". Or they can install Entware (once ready) to get the vast majority of things a dev would need. Or they can install SynoCommunity's own "limited" selection of existing CLI packages (whether a meta, category or individual package, I wouldn't worry too much about duplicates. Worrying about duplicates can course more of a maintenance burden than it tries to solve).

[ymartin59]

I partly agree. I would care about "duplicates" only at "new package request" triage... to avoid volume to grow.

[ymartin59]

@publicarray I am back here and I wonder if Font Awesome may be used according Free license: https://fontawesome.com/license/free

[ymartin59]

@publicarray Sorry, OK for free license, I wonder where it should be noticed in our package (credits in description or in install wizard?
I am interested to get your "green shell" logo as svg with parts splitted as layers - I use Inkscape - after switch "Net" and ">_" so that "Net" is straight horizontal and have space to replace easily "Net" with "Files", "Disk", "Dev"...
Add your own copyright in SVG metadata and I will take care it is preserved in PNG.

[publicarray]

@ymartin59 Yea, good question about where to put the licence. I think both options you listed are good.

I don't use Inkscape but I think this is what you are after: https://seby.io/files/SynoPackagegreen-shell.svg I don't particularly care about the metadata (does anyone actually read them?) instead, how would you feel if you add a link to this issue in the commit message? (only for the first upload of the file)

P.S. I used Fira Sans for the font, but you are free to choose any font you like :)

[ymartin59]

@publicarray Great. I like it ! And I can edit text on my own. OK to credit your work and refer to license from commit message.

[publicarray]

@ymartin59 Sounds good to me 👍 but, I'm not sure about the licence. I do think that Font Awesome licence needs to be in the source code somewhere. Happy to help :)

[cytec]

piknik #3504