El 24/04/2013 13:45, "Chris Rees" <utis...@gmail.com> escribió: > > On 24 Apr 2013 05:36, "Justin Edward Muniz" <justin.mu...@maine.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > Justin I say stick to FreeBSD-update . My reason is, as Pkgng becomes > > > 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.s...@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 in > > 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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
