From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 24 12:24:19 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 B182EE63 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:24:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-x22a.google.com (mail-wg0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4932A11CE for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:24:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id m15so2150321wgh.1 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:24:18 -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=r0b2dzpIgTU0d5InONsxIgouwV20QvnR/YmcjiXMghg=; b=uH+DYY60lLbkbKQwzdb0D7Q8Xvs1ZWGlk3Xw5/gs/JUv1eb4nUGA6H0JzPbnZ4qJP4 1tEcNbry1iiU1YzUdlMCYRzHwh/Vl98b42xvKFAwkiyG9U87Qs7f4Ex+4noq7E1druk4 Ui5loYLMTwKIQJG6ejGrULE3W2k0hcuZhcbz17Uy76inCDsFxW4QivAJcfNyCHYquGRr wTfVWrINMG8gh59IOQIp7aJuobW4HdJLSEobzqM5Q+cZOFQUXF9YpT8zPzl/9w9TMEA+ sVi7stbsdsX3N7aSzv+yGnU9h45Bl7Aqhpo28G5PxM8u67cFzayEclgohLN/PCXd22sN fg0A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.83.199 with SMTP id s7mr43642123wiy.19.1366806255150; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:24:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.100.130 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:24:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.100.130 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:24:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <60A4F968-60A4-4C71-AD53-BA1BC6CBAB5F@longcount.org> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:24:15 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fwd: GSOC: Qt front-ends From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: Chris Rees Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD Hackers , 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: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:24:19 -0000 El 24/04/2013 13:45, "Chris Rees" escribi=F3: > > On 24 Apr 2013 05:36, "Justin Edward Muniz" wrote: > > > > > > > > Justin I say stick to FreeBSD-update . My reason is, as Pkgng become= s > > > more popular , a front end for ports will be less useful as binary > packages > > > become more popular . Kports is a monster program , you should set a > > > reasonable goal ,and target dates; which may be hard with a cleanup > project > > > . Also a update notifier for kde that handles FreeBSD update would be > > > very useful . > > > > > > My 2cents . > > > --- > > > Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org > > > > > > > > > Thank you very much Mark, > > > > I was definitely hoping to get community feedback on this, and I > value > > you voicing your opinion. I agree that kports is a mammoth, and also that > a > > system updater GUI should have a way to notify the user of new updates. > > > > Any other perspectives are welcome, as well as support for a > > freebsd-update approach. I am working to refine my proposal, which as > > you've pointed out is very important. Eventually I would like to help i= n > > all three mentioned areas, but for now I must focus on one application. > > Does anyone think that a custom kernel configuration and management GUI > > utility would be desirable? > > > > I will shape my goals to meet the needs of the community. > > Our kernel is actually very easy to configure, so I'm not convinced that > it's needed; you may be thinking of Linux's menuconfig, but I think that is > because of the complexity. I agree. Also, the kind of people who compile their kernels probably feel more comfortable in console mode :) The frontend for pkgng and freebsd-update might have a bigger user base. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "