From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 3 13:57:56 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 0E4C4DDB for ; Fri, 3 May 2013 13:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@pcbsd.org) Received: from mail.iXsystems.com (newknight.ixsystems.com [206.40.55.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E700F120F for ; Fri, 3 May 2013 13:57:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (mail.ixsystems.com [10.2.55.1]) by mail.iXsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78008F365; Fri, 3 May 2013 06:57:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.iXsystems.com ([10.2.55.1]) by localhost (mail.ixsystems.com [10.2.55.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 37080-09; Fri, 3 May 2013 06:57:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.51] (75-130-56-30.static.kgpt.tn.charter.com [75.130.56.30]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.iXsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4C7E4F360; Fri, 3 May 2013 06:57:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=ixsystems.com; s=newknight0; t=1367589469; bh=flh1i3/6KChOlhRe+HyIDXlXqkExAVCLA7ZbbTJFRj8=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=Q+rWQ/dUbD1ji0cfT28VP075TrIU4WLwiGhJXfOTDQtEJAqvUhoVWpbzspLJWe3UV fY3FtRyX4+zQmxuFC8ET2BWUux17kiE82TEJu+JM7I0WB9WqplvjjkoR2rPO4teq1L Kv83ChkJgM9RrIlxFmSGjGHHJ8AubE9Dkt4jJcdg= Message-ID: <5183C25A.7020908@pcbsd.org> Date: Fri, 03 May 2013 09:57:46 -0400 From: Kris Moore User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130407 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar Subject: Re: GSoC: PKGNG GUI Proposal Available for Review References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 03 May 2013 15:33:04 +0000 Cc: Eitan Adler , Justin Edward Muniz , 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: Fri, 03 May 2013 13:57:56 -0000 On 05/03/2013 04:33, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > good for today and future ladmins that cannot type a command. > > Any USEFUL proposals that add some real functionality? > Since this will enable more people to run FreeBSD that otherwise wouldn't give it a second glance, I would say it is VERY useful. Not everybody is born with innate knowledge of the command-line, sometimes you have to give users tools which are intuitive before they can get into the nitty gritty. (I.E. most people learn to drive a car and don't have the time or desire to rebuild an engine) > On Fri, 3 May 2013, Justin Edward Muniz wrote: > >> Thank you everyone for helping me create a suitable project to >> propose. I >> have submitted a draft of my proposal, though I am still in the >> process of >> enhancing it. If anyone has the time, please check it out and I'll >> gladly >> accept any feedback. >> >> I am new to Google Summer of Code, and just discovered I could update my >> proposal after submitting it. Initially I uploaded most of the >> proposal but >> I am still finishing the last parts. Any advice could help me (or >> others) >> develop future proposals, so I hope to hear from people even after the >> deadline. >> >> My proposal can be read at the following address: >> https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2013/justin_muniz/1 >> >> >> I appreciate you taking the time to read this email. Happy coding >> everyone. >> >> Justin Muniz >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software iXsystems