On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Justin Edward Muniz < justin.mu...@maine.edu> 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 > You'll probably want to get in touch with the PC-BSD folks. As they are moving to pkgng for everything, they are updating their Python-based GUIs to work with it. Might be a possibility to work together, or to build off what they have, or to get ideas/inspiration for a more general tool. For example, (going from memory of my home PC-BSD install) the System Update or System Manager tool uses pkgng behind the scenes, and provides a tree-based view of PC-BSD-specific packages that can be installed via simply ticking checkboxes and hitting Install button. And, they have a ports-based GUI tool as well, although I have not used it as yet so couldn't tell you what it supports. I do my ports-based installs via a terminal. :) -- Freddie Cash fjwc...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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"
