Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:43:06 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Justin Edward Muniz <justin.muniz@maine.edu>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fwd: GSOC: Qt front-ends Message-ID: <CADLo838W96B9oouC4LnnKzt8h2m%2BPXgqT3SrTquY=OHQTEDtsA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BnOTRgthBtPbUf7XcgMQSMPMzS9JwfNW6bM6gdU7dP7HGsKMg@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> <CA%2BnOTRgthBtPbUf7XcgMQSMPMzS9JwfNW6bM6gdU7dP7HGsKMg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 24 April 2013 18:30, Justin Edward Muniz <justin.muniz@maine.edu> wrote: >> 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. >> >> Chris > > > > While configuring the kernel may be trivial to someone who understands the > process and their systems needs, I am thinking of a software tool that goes > beyond the scope of the occasional generating of a kernel configuration > file. > > Imagine that you have a number of systems and you want to run kernels that > are lighter weight than the generic kernel but each system has its own > individual needs. A GUI could help manage a large number of custom kernels, > and provide access to convenient access to features such as specifying a > kernel to load on the next boot only for testing. You could even configure > the custom kernel profiles to be built from separate source directories. > > That is not to say of course that everyone else using x11 couldn't benefit > from it as well. The application could help avoid compatibility issues > during kernel installation by comparing the kernel's version to the version > of world. Some helpful aids would be visual categorization of options as > well as option descriptions, caveats, and hyperlinks to more in depth > information. > > As for its place in Google Summer of Code, you could be right, it may not be > enough to dedicate such resources. I know however that I would use it, maybe > others would as well? Thank you for your advice once again Chris! What do > you think about the other utilities? I think the interface to pkgng and freebsd-update are still interesting; at least more worthwhile than the kernel configuration one. I think the pkgng one has the edge, since packages are updated far more often than base, and it's easier to track base. Now you are at a stage where you should make your own decision; which one looks the most interesting to you? Once you decide on an area of interest, you can just start hacking :) Chris
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