From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 24 04:36:46 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9ADFB5C for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:36:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from justin.muniz@maine.edu) Received: from mail-la0-x234.google.com (mail-la0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 729211E5A for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:36:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f52.google.com with SMTP id fd20so1201509lab.11 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:36:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=HyrXsG6oKq4/CSm0XZKqC30yHELpt1dSg80EGkCbfhM=; b=hGGbXBu3M2UgLLoRbLiwsqA6XN113x/pU+HHGwWydewidxVyZulUfdEcczsA86JaYP g0RfZgLyACAoW6xPxsUBJpdcaimLLL7zLkUaVJ/Yo4qdNrNeIQUEZ8NKOs06YYaXD+FX 1hIaXYu1xnjObR7B/y/ybcrEQp/+FI1WEjfGWcQCMtdzyiOtuPTpMwaFHMLkDmwkDYmQ 9w+Z1i/8P4uZ89IXtddFbATKAmY7RzQzkfMnzdtuDeCmq8zWK+t4EOvdJVJMF83Kom2S qcbOFqdKKpmZ1zw9syG+v6A1gwhfUkzdYt41uikSmB7r8UDDJ5yag1pbR1PU1KOWdbkM l6yA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.59.103 with SMTP id y7mr16625576lbq.16.1366778204307; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:36:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.135.229 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:36:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <60A4F968-60A4-4C71-AD53-BA1BC6CBAB5F@longcount.org> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:36:44 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Fwd: GSOC: Qt front-ends From: Justin Edward Muniz To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmP1WoHNpYSG0gDYEhWuAe4OLo1H7ZcOsLKSdUIjp1eAXtE1nJqiDH8nCrGa+cuAJBYucdk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:36:47 -0000 > > Justin I say stick to FreeBSD-update . My reason is, as Pkgng becomes > more popular , a front end for ports will be less useful as binary packages > become more popular . Kports is a monster program , you should set a > reasonable goal ,and target dates; which may be hard with a cleanup project > . Also a update notifier for kde that handles FreeBSD update would be > very useful . > > My 2cents . > --- > Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org > Thank you very much Mark, I was definitely hoping to get community feedback on this, and I value you voicing your opinion. I agree that kports is a mammoth, and also that a system updater GUI should have a way to notify the user of new updates. Any other perspectives are welcome, as well as support for a freebsd-update approach. I am working to refine my proposal, which as you've pointed out is very important. Eventually I would like to help in all three mentioned areas, but for now I must focus on one application. Does anyone think that a custom kernel configuration and management GUI utility would be desirable? I will shape my goals to meet the needs of the community. Justin Muniz