From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 24 18:54:58 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BB5F279 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:54:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from baptiste.daroussin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ea0-x235.google.com (mail-ea0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4013:c01::235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5DC716AC for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:54:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f181.google.com with SMTP id a11so919461eae.40 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:54:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=j6Iyfs93YYucUmLkpe+vtS9NnaZDFnIx1Yv8DNTWqpw=; b=PPzf0wtDOlCX+Yu9HjaR12wYngOedDiJ7zPEVQfdz6114k+x4CTpY1d7pr8OSy2zLi HhnBXLPw6xAyBEtXARIjhRwn5d7OkuRls6PawVoQzmw3wnn/ldlAv+Wf4hiptKFoZ+TF 7LKqJLSy2SUgL+1KkoPk4FhyeNDPUWvvBgsj9q5ZLkky6w4KSLr1di09rXHKtx+ifIuL S7wfbGudm9+7+V1atX3pNax4izdOfuz74zNHzlYkbWLBGHJF0ExdboMiKCfrt83hDNyJ a0O8ch7CErq82BixtBpfq2MUAD9FUIlxzLISN428qTUVa0u5c1knxWCB5mGkd4Mp8WuO QSUQ== X-Received: by 10.14.104.6 with SMTP id h6mr21717114eeg.5.1366829696930; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:54:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ithaqua.etoilebsd.net (ithaqua.etoilebsd.net. [37.59.37.188]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k43sm6015908een.2.2013.04.24.11.54.55 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:54:55 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Baptiste Daroussin Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:54:53 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin To: Justin Edward Muniz Subject: Re: Fwd: GSOC: Qt front-ends Message-ID: <20130424185452.GA50182@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org 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 18:54:58 -0000 --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 02:03:56PM -0400, Justin Edward Muniz wrote: > > > > I think the interface to pkgng and freebsd-update are still > > interesting; at least more worthwhile than the kernel configuration > > one. > > > > I think the pkgng one has the edge, since packages are updated far > > more often than base, and it's easier to track base. > > > > Now you are at a stage where you should make your own decision; which > > one looks the most interesting to you? Once you decide on an area of > > interest, you can just start hacking :) > > > > Chris > > >=20 >=20 > That's good to hear. >=20 > I am sure that you are right, a pkgng GUI would probably see more use in > general. I am definitely close to making my decision, but this thread has > been so much help, I am glad for the insight. >=20 > The coding is what I look forward to the most :D imho a pkgng frontend should be done via packagekit, just write a pkgng bac= kend for packagekit and you will gain for FreeBSD a KDE frontend and a GTK front= end. That said any frontend at convenience to contributor will be anyway good :) regards, Bapt --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlF4KnwACgkQ8kTtMUmk6ExYKQCgktP2SBIJvbbAoTtGCIOCPdCO o2oAoLlYiSarPJocRDzljMxJ2To8uUMq =fglU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--