LentoDVD Speed Limiter

Control the maximum speed of your DVD/CD drive from the system tray. Works with Ubuntu Unity and Gnome.

Uses the eject tool to set the speed limit.

Usage

Install:

$ sudo apt-get install eject
$ sudo pip install lento_dvd

Run

To run LentoDVD, start it from Unity Dash or Gnome Desktop Menu (whichever desktop you use).

Development

Project directory layout

• bin/ - entry point scripts
• img/ - image files used in runtime (icons)
• lento_dvd/ - root application package (all source code)
• Makefile - provides basic tasks for development
• setup.py - python packaging script
• README - readme file for distributed package, autogenerated by make doc
• README.md - this file

Python 2 and Python 3

Current indicator implementation runs on both Python 2.7 and Python 3. All tests are executed on "both pythons".

Running and testing

Running tests

$ make venv  # run only once, or run again to re-create the virtualenv
$ make tests

Getting test coverage (reports to ./coverage/)

$ make cover

Creating python source package

$ make sdist

Running without installing

$ make run

Building and installing/uninstalling locally

$ sudo make install
$ sudo make uninstall

Cleaning up the project directory (remove dist/, *.pyc, etc.)

$ make clean

Generating README from README.md

$ make doc

Publishing to PYPI

$ make publish

Reminder - release process

1. Make changes, update and run tests, ensure good coverage
2. Update setup.py and change the version according to semantic versioning
3. Tag new version; tag format is 'vX.Y.Z'; e.g.: v1.2.1
4. Push changes and a new tag
5. Publish to PYPI

Copying

Copyright 2016, Pete Burgers

This Application Indicator is distributed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Boilerplate code adapted from Vagrant AppIndicator, thanks @candidtim!