GSOC: Qt front-end for freebsd-update

Justin Edward Muniz justin.muniz at maine.edu
Sun Apr 14 15:42:29 UTC 2013


Thank you for your advice! I have already sent an email to Colin, and I did
indeed take the idea from that page.

Justin Muniz

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Chris Rees <crees at freebsd.org> wrote:

> 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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