From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 14 16:41:29 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27ECCF7 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:41:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from justin.muniz@maine.edu) Received: from mail-lb0-f173.google.com (mail-lb0-f173.google.com [209.85.217.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3EE2881 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:41:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f173.google.com with SMTP id w20so3865236lbh.4 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:41:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=nvJq/kkC8mk5yPHfHocim7qdG4z/WFJl2CBQiMPfYRg=; b=Tnjxw3IIQnmgYZQbzroVwEWFCd3ptT5DFkPJMn/KYFLHzCI/O03lvIMPx0oenN9Qal MoG36Vm4ynQmO3Fd8crtvCllTQhJhYV97CV1+yvuj8IfsqG08LBQ8HLUIFSTwd5II8UI eX1Ts3Ldc78OrG34HiHV4F5n0Q5Vt0h/FK9d9AnMhFkO+e9fJ+2C2nRXhgWBG70t0Qyn n5N+vQnksuHLWJLj/TI3RHgDmagcJNgGOez4NPa0vv/vjLp4CXcJtm0c2yqi3Boo+DIw yZ+IFCd2TUgeNpi0B7T9uxXx8ltPsGqYjjPK3Nd7FK2v7CdcRAvipSa/pmBf71PmtXf7 OrxQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.59.103 with SMTP id y7mr4241556lbq.16.1365957681171; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:41:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.135.229 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:41:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:41:21 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-end for freebsd-update From: Justin Edward Muniz To: Kimmo Paasiala , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlOpfv1oCCfYOpOtBsOlGMPpGpkf8dE8wRC/+6REUq3I31A43uTIUDM7WGyDx48rK9eyfVv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 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 16:41:29 -0000 > > 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