From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 24 21:33:09 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 DBE34AE0; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:33:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x236.google.com (mail-we0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8211F5D; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:33:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id s43so2028271wey.27 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:33:08 -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=ucmda0IRAuvse64XNeo49C1tu15h1zCxWnYDC9P2p3g=; b=BxyjW8mnOo2y++OebVvrhBLije4TC7yy6FmV1zoRMDB12r9PQtYunh9Y1PIy23WZ8D PREV0ojsfZQASSrxZ0NBi/u0l6oR+VMtVpNbfc5uuzV+OAJA3qjX2GptS9GoGVZcAZs7 beyaHmxdEvqk5TQPqNm5145/oXd6JEULe3UcNlcKVbckWPAZYS6pnmGFK4BF5GeAJAf1 e/31qrP9lc7AbETwYjaFaAlxKw38JRa9DR3cfIObo8ocXn++D2wqMuphxEkcYFzOjP2T RM+xggMv8P74JEz123HZL2GspsQK2ufCLHGIM0UoiLLzJaeCK2+mZHJdxzvULaCWWuzB 1AzQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.83.199 with SMTP id s7mr46786529wiy.19.1366839188275; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:33:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.100.130 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:33:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.100.130 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:33:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F1E2BB@ltcfiswmsgmb21> References: <20130424185452.GA50182@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F1E2BB@ltcfiswmsgmb21> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:33:07 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-ends From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: "Teske, Devin" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD Hackers , Baptiste Daroussin , 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 21:33:09 -0000 El 24/04/2013 21:18, "Teske, Devin" escribi=F3: > > > On Apr 24, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 02:03:56PM -0400, Justin Edward Muniz wrote: > >>> > >>> 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 > >>> > >> > >> > >> That's good to hear. > >> > >> I am sure that you are right, a pkgng GUI would probably see more use in > >> general. I am definitely close to making my decision, but this thread has > >> been so much help, I am glad for the insight. > >> > >> The coding is what I look forward to the most :D > > > > imho a pkgng frontend should be done via packagekit, just write a pkgng backend > > for packagekit and you will gain for FreeBSD a KDE frontend and a GTK frontend. > > > > That said any frontend at convenience to contributor will be anyway good :) > > > > If you could pardon my ignorance=85 but what is packagekit again (for the benefit of others)? It's an application to manage packages. It is developed in a way that it's easy to add new backends keeping the same interface. See[1] for the general information and this[2] page for the currently supported back ends. [1] http://www.packagekit.org [2] http://www.packagekit.org/pk-matrix.html > -- > Devin > > _____________ > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > 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= "