From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 14 11:05:15 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 A96938DA; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:05:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x22a.google.com (mail-ie0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B6AA9F; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:05:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f170.google.com with SMTP id c11so4856846ieb.15 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:05:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=WuahHaH0IvBX4xtGfBqY3EUjwSZKA1jRIy8WfbG1rD8=; b=IEwDQLfyTRE4xWENTnZP1vjLsiKQyvjdni7FCmJbKlG1cvP5jrSj5ivA6GeLbFB45+ 9KBLe1KeZoy9ZM2ydiPF+BR/twA5jePnyIVWl9EpPviFKell+fzM8c8Z/qPqkr1y3P5d HqKYLQY4kvKKaZt9hiuNFK3GteFPAbC1/qGxEKPYijoD5zqtluwnJWb/AUbM3k3jOwFH 4EPmzmd9osep3HLXdgJrc/vxhtM7bf1QOytK1OTSij3YCbmCc3UGNMLw5cflgOLoNpK5 h2HGbbs9Tm0gZ6kPalzVIHTryG6y4oU8f6+RMWIOAPI+RirTRnOZi6y5PtpURW0RsqY9 BSEA== X-Received: by 10.50.60.6 with SMTP id d6mr2991063igr.62.1365937515167; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:05:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.58.52 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:04:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:04:45 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Zti4AwW_VO7lJpZKmbQfzmz84NA Message-ID: Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-end for freebsd-update To: Justin Edward Muniz , Colin Percival Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:05:15 -0000 On 14 April 2013 07:11, Justin Edward Muniz wrote: > I am excited for this year's Google Summer of Code, and I have a > project in mind that I am working to propose. > > I am a CS major and have experience with Qt, C++ and shell scripting. > I have been developing on FreeBSD for several years, and I am looking to > tackle developing a new Qt front-end for the freebsd-update command. > > I am thinking a rather straight-forward user interface with more > advanced options available (such as selecting a specific server). I am > looking for constructive feedback, and also a developer interested in > mentoring me this Summer. > > Thanks everyone for your time, and for your hard work. Are you referring to the suggestion below? https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage#KDE_front-ends_to_the_freebsd-update.288.29utility Colin Percival (CCd) mentions he would be the technical contact for this project, though that was five years ago-- perhaps he'd like to comment. Chris