From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 14 16:50:48 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 679D857F for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:50:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from justin.muniz@maine.edu) Received: from mail-lb0-f172.google.com (mail-lb0-f172.google.com [209.85.217.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0FBB8FA for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:50:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f172.google.com with SMTP id u10so3906932lbi.3 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:50:46 -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=sGVbioRMcIWjzeUFXBzo8fMpR/mrmSzhxYrrfeUjcYw=; b=Zrt7HcBxI3izIdjk2xw/mjEReOrPpUW3y45NLvpO5e0vpBWVPyskB1NzmGws/R7oo4 mrEmZhL7hv1PPAngztXbfE3+YcqDguD1s4WmtgNCgZBr8Qki3psNywrfsbwAZ3WRgnGE a9AewL9GgkaPytkba2P5qM8UV1BJt48plkTDujZSPxnH60kG4UOuN/fwfEm99Tv/Ieiv YnOMCR74UcWZ8o82gjJ+DrixGITzSeh9cA04KFsujwjYh2hhW+RuRUlV4xcgNsrN+h43 fvlMQAriV6v5ZFhelGENpKJeCSrEL5N4E2eHWwcSUZWYi/9gHuLZo0At51rx1inKwz89 B8NA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.125.167 with SMTP id mr7mr8608221lbb.19.1365958246214; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:50:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.135.229 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:50:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:50:46 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-end for freebsd-update From: Justin Edward Muniz To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkNvRPB8AFkt953z8lQ7xarBF4BABvCK0Keh5GF/UMc/pExeLm1+RukOgaff5sRY8VUKioN 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 16:50:48 -0000 > > It seems we already have something similar in the ports[1] collection. > There is also a newer version[2] using Qt4 but it seems more limited. It > might be worth a look at those first. > > [1] ports-mgmt/kports > [2] ports-mgmt/kports-qt4 > > Yes, I just found those GUI programs myself. No sense reinventing the wheel; I will check out the functionality and make sure I don't overlap. I am most interested in a GUI front-end for updating binary updates to the base system. Thank you for taking your time to help! I will keep researching current GUI projects and make sure this is worthwhile. Everyone has given me much to work with, I appreciate it all. Justin Muniz