Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:41:21 -0400 From: Justin Edward Muniz <justin.muniz@maine.edu> To: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-end for freebsd-update Message-ID: <CA%2BnOTRguiRndijF%2BTE58fF4SwnDWH6vqwM0bwYBNGCdH2g9Muw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B7WWSd3vYT2KAf1CefNjUxoxu7SXZL%2BzRQR69aztQPdT=znhg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BnOTRj%2Be%2BHqZiqFSWdYVXYZ1fENsgAatEqt-P5%2Bbr9n=JtNKw@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo839=KjBDERcRcDcJK38Z_w2tj97M0Y8kz%2BV2pXyt9P1MiA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BnOTRhWuDg2PvRght=gGCt9uc3vP5SfDaHxKSTgwE5MKaSWXw@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgncxx4JvJf%2BOCymXWs4SF6r9VG_xKjcAZHO5970NK7wgQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BnOTRizd%2BEjra2-TfjTu9YSBkbuy0wefh7o8gcWv0Cv1TZkyQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSd3vYT2KAf1CefNjUxoxu7SXZL%2BzRQR69aztQPdT=znhg@mail.gmail.com>
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> Please don't mix the two, they are related but their usages do not really
> overlap.
>
> portsnap(8) only deals with keeping the ports(7) tree and the
> /usr/ports/INDEX file up to date.
>
> PKGNG (like the old pkg_* tools) is mostly concerned with registering
> built ports as packages or installing pre-built packages in the
> system. Some functionality of it does use the ports tree but it does
> not depend on it.
Yes, that does make sense; thank you for your input. A set of GUIs
seems like the
way to go, the reason why I considered combining them is for convenience. I
am still learning
about pkgng, but I do understand that it does not replace ports package
management
tools.
A front-end could certainly add or combine functionality for
convenience, but
some admins run multiple operating systems and may have to reference notes
before updates.
And some newer users might prefer a GUI for some of these common commands.
Justin Muniz
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