Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:43:07 +0200 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fwd: GSOC: Qt front-ends Message-ID: <8af7c4b114d6f1a44cf157a64fee3a7f@mail.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_GJxB0UZGp6KR8nDZcnO3hdRJ6Jw8RFG5J6Z2BLdvYRg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BnOTRiuJrVB_FSX2U18yd4ETD6mD004Mb%2BAh0Q-evofsqirnw@mail.gmail.com> <60A4F968-60A4-4C71-AD53-BA1BC6CBAB5F@longcount.org> <CA%2BnOTRjU8tBc5KwebxCzE%2B5XGUqSqpzn=O=UFuqT0LUB3M28mQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BnOTRgYm88Lwz=Z_=iVW8hDdKCkxMjUf=y9xHkOi0ExHjMfRw@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo83_GJxB0UZGp6KR8nDZcnO3hdRJ6Jw8RFG5J6Z2BLdvYRg@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 24.04.2013 13:44, schrieb Chris Rees: > On 24 Apr 2013 05:36, "Justin Edward Muniz" <justin.muniz@maine.edu> > wrote: >> >>> >>> 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. > > Our kernel is actually very easy to configure, so I'm not convinced > that > it's needed; you may be thinking of Linux's menuconfig, but I think > that is > because of the complexity. It _is_ easy. But having a nice graphical tool which draws a pretty table of GENERIC and NOTES together with useful information about the possible options and devices would be a handy thing to have IMHO. Let's make FreeBSD userfriendly :-)
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