Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 16:40:04 -0500 From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> To: Robin Guzniczak <robin.guzniczak@gmail.com>, pkg@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: GSoc 2016 Introduction Message-ID: <56EDC734.4010707@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <56ED9BC1.9040709@gmail.com> References: <56EC0CBF.1080705@FreeBSD.org> <56ED9BC1.9040709@gmail.com>
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On 03/19/16 13:34, Robin Guzniczak wrote: > On 03/18/2016 10:12 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >> Hello Robin; >> >> Thank you for introducing yourself[1] and for considering the >> "KDE front-end to the freebsd-update utility" project. >> >> I have been trying to think of a mentor but it is not easy to find. >> I have also been thinking that while freebsd-update remains an >> important and easy way to update FreeBSD, the technology will >> probably change when we move towards a packaged world in >> FreeBSD 11. It would probably be more interesting to have an >> enhanced graphical pkg[2] manager. >> >> Perhaps some pkg maintainer would be willing to mentor? >> >> [1] >> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?56E9A108.7030304 >> [2] >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/pkgng-intro.html > > Thank you very much for your interest. > > I agree with you, and I also think that a graphical pkg manager > would be more useful to the community. This is a very > interesting project for me and I would gladly work on it. > > I already started writing my draft proposal[1]. I am really > motivated in coding for FreeBSD this summer and I hope > that someone will be willing to mentor me. pkg is well > documented so I believe I will not need too much help. > Hmm ... I just noticed octopkg: https://octopkg.wordpress.com/ Which doesn't mean there is no space for competition (?). Pedro.
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