From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 14 16:22:12 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 5E805A16 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:22:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpaasial@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-x22b.google.com (mail-wi0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::22b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBE9B79A for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:22:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f171.google.com with SMTP id hn17so856599wib.16 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:22:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=DzyANhOdfUrD7PpGH5+C+18Yrzl1i0Ooeri6IVzM5+I=; b=Ji9hLmWFAsZ1emKOWKpcJF66OlXsaHee+6RCAoydJHK4jkgeLUi7/ycHgElLj0VFYJ HzrqzksVb7rchpj2lEGcRSRAzAo9OSezYtWzqYNb7RWJGr+Ta5Clv577/2Kwb486jErR 6FE6amJhfN1S4nfpImkvFTDuqSSSR1X3EZ8fVzTcPmgD8mu5RByJnZg3h+v314N7+Tb3 TsGwFGmQd+Q8+AnUcgZCfwp2UIyiz/MVIVVfRse+OagY/f558xRMX/cI1LTKACVSkIpw suR2mBuTbJeKWdf3oQ9f1bxid5u0rTg1r3jkJPnImZtkbbhCiZuFNVhLrdQhse/1HQlc ghcw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.37.73 with SMTP id w9mr3896808wij.32.1365956531139; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:22:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.139.72 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:22:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:22:11 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-end for freebsd-update From: Kimmo Paasiala To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Justin Edward Muniz 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: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:22:12 -0000 On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 14 April 2013 12:15, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: >> I have to also ask, what would a GUI offer that the command line tools >> do not offer at the moment? > > A GUI. > > That's kind of given :D But does FreeBSD lack a GUI for ports/packages management? I don't see many requests for such things on the FreeBSD forums or on the mailing lists. -Kimmo