Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:24:15 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Justin Edward Muniz <justin.muniz@maine.edu> Subject: Re: Fwd: GSOC: Qt front-ends Message-ID: <CAGwOe2a1TW1jJACPZi8okqg5VcVM=juu62-WtV9V4COccdmzTA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_GJxB0UZGp6KR8nDZcnO3hdRJ6Jw8RFG5J6Z2BLdvYRg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BnOTRiuJrVB_FSX2U18yd4ETD6mD004Mb%2BAh0Q-evofsqirnw@mail.gmail.com> <60A4F968-60A4-4C71-AD53-BA1BC6CBAB5F@longcount.org> <CA%2BnOTRjU8tBc5KwebxCzE%2B5XGUqSqpzn=O=UFuqT0LUB3M28mQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BnOTRgYm88Lwz=Z_=iVW8hDdKCkxMjUf=y9xHkOi0ExHjMfRw@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo83_GJxB0UZGp6KR8nDZcnO3hdRJ6Jw8RFG5J6Z2BLdvYRg@mail.gmail.com>
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El 24/04/2013 13:45, "Chris Rees" <utisoft@gmail.com> escribi=F3: > > On 24 Apr 2013 05:36, "Justin Edward Muniz" <justin.muniz@maine.edu> 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= "
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