Selectable repository addresses

Registered by Robert Ladyman

https://answers.launchpad.net/easybreezy/+question/681337 asks about being able to select the target repository for CREATE and GET options.
(1) We could just display the values from bzrdefaults (repo, port, path) but for non-technical users, this might be confusing. The alternative would be a separate configuration function, but that makes things a bit more complicated. Perhaps we could have a check-box or somesuch.
(2) Another idea could be a set of sections in the bzrdefault file (that is, more than one group of (repo, port, path) from which the target is selected.

To get the values as a dialogue, we'd need to use YAD instead of ZENITY (that's not a difficulty), however, this does allow the user to completely muck up the entries (repo, port, path): maybe we just let them. (2) would prevent this, plus the administrator could perhaps give a nick-name for a repo.

** Remember: the focus is for non-technical users ** If we have an installer, we might have separate configuration function.

This is likely to be too complicated for a bash script (that is, a sectioned ini file) - we can use (perhaps) zenipy with python to manipulate the file: possibly with the alternatives in another file (so, in effect, we choose a 'new default' and overwrite the old bzrdefault file). https://github.com/poulp/zenipy

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
None
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
Robert Ladyman
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Robert Ladyman
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for repochoice
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Rory Ladyman
Completed by
Robert Ladyman

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Possibly add launchpad (lp) as an option by default (although GET would take a while...)
Decided on a 'select-from-list' approach (with repo nicknames)
Probably will retain the current bzrdefaults file but have a companion file (perhaps bzrotherrepos) from which a repo can be selected and written to the bzrdefaults file. That way, we don't have to adjust any of the other scripts. One issue is that, say, the user just has a bzrdefaults file and then decides to use the selector (or more correcly, we shouldn't force needing to use the selector).

(?)

Work Items

Work items:
Check whether we need YAD - no, we do not: DONE
Determine if chooser should be in right-click menu or just installed: TODO
Implement: TODO

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