GSOC: Qt front-end for freebsd-update

Chris Rees crees at FreeBSD.org
Sun Apr 14 11:05:15 UTC 2013


On 14 April 2013 07:11, Justin Edward Muniz <justin.muniz at maine.edu> wrote:
>      I am excited for this year's Google Summer of Code, and I have a
> project in mind that I am working to propose.
>
>      I am a CS major and have experience with Qt, C++ and shell scripting.
> I have been developing on FreeBSD for several years, and I am looking to
> tackle developing a new Qt front-end for the freebsd-update command.
>
>      I am thinking a rather straight-forward user interface with more
> advanced options available (such as selecting a specific server). I am
> looking for constructive feedback, and also a developer interested in
> mentoring me this Summer.
>
>      Thanks everyone for your time, and for your hard work.

Are you referring to the suggestion below?

https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage#KDE_front-ends_to_the_freebsd-update.288.29utility

Colin Percival (CCd) mentions he would be the technical contact for
this project, though that was five years ago-- perhaps he'd like to
comment.

Chris


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