On Apr 24, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Freddie Cash wrote: On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Justin Edward Muniz < justin.mu...@maine.edu<mailto: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. :) I've been planning a pkgng management tool in base for a while now (and am closing in on that goal). The tool is bsdconfig It's relevant to this discussion because it supports running both in GUI and in TUI. This is accomplished by using dialog(1) for TUI and Xdialog(1) (from ports) for GUI. One code base, two modes. The package management is being implemented as a bsdconfig(8) module in HEAD (see usr.sbin/bsdconfig). Executing "bsdconfig packages" produces something inspired by sysinstall but greatly improved (faster, cleaner, more efficient, and provides more data). Here's a screenshot: http://twitpic.com/ci2rid Sorry, no screenshot of the X11 side yet. Executing "bsdconfig -X packages" or "bsdconfig packages -X" gives you the X11 GUI. Is it the flashiest GUI you've ever seen? Far from it. But when I've demo'd the code, people have been generally positive about the approach. Just wanted to let you know what my plans are. Feel free to go full-boar with a Qt-based front-end, just wanted to let you know what I'm cooking in HEAD. -- 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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
