Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:07:30 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: =?Windows-1252?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, Justin Edward Muniz <justin.muniz@maine.edu> Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-ends Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F1E794@ltcfiswmsgmb21> In-Reply-To: <CAGwOe2Z65UvkhgJ4e7Mz-bPfOmRtyAO8gir4vSQ6kKjH8zXpRQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BnOTRjudf7S2SLhUJm=7qbSvcVDz-4veqv7Dgh6AzNTOsNwhQ@mail.gmail.com> <20130424185452.GA50182@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F1E2BB@ltcfiswmsgmb21> <CAGwOe2Z65UvkhgJ4e7Mz-bPfOmRtyAO8gir4vSQ6kKjH8zXpRQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Apr 24, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: El 24/04/2013 21:18, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com<mailto:Devin= .Teske@fisglobal.com>> 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 f= rontend. > > > > That said any frontend at convenience to contributor will be anyway goo= d :) > > > > 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<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=3D= http://www.packagekit.org&k=3D%2FbkpAUdJWZuiTILCq%2FFnQg%3D%3D%0A&r=3DLTzUW= WrRnz2iN3PtHDubWRSAh9itVJ%2BMUcNBCQ4tyeo%3D%0A&m=3D8MiGlyOMD3O%2FR2YU9sNxl1= vMPdajxy%2FqKps59tnvAWw%3D%0A&s=3D29faa229ba8cb89cdb69d00087e23dde5669cdb61= 308c5b6d44156beb6d8766e> [2] http://www.packagekit.org/pk-matrix.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.= com/v1/url?u=3Dhttp://www.packagekit.org/pk-matrix.html&k=3D%2FbkpAUdJWZuiT= ILCq%2FFnQg%3D%3D%0A&r=3DLTzUWWrRnz2iN3PtHDubWRSAh9itVJ%2BMUcNBCQ4tyeo%3D%0= A&m=3D8MiGlyOMD3O%2FR2YU9sNxl1vMPdajxy%2FqKps59tnvAWw%3D%0A&s=3Da802599114b= 383f22d717ee7fc4e7fc54e911e80958ed8f20c9a31228a3dbea5> Cool. Kinda reminds me of "SANE" for interfacing with scanners. -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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