Apr 18
From the mysterious future : Google Summer of Code
Hi everybody,
I’m starting to work on my Google Summer of Code 2008 project for Debian.
My project is basically to make a graphical interface for Aptitude. The official title is “Usability improvements and GTK+ GUI for Aptitude” and here is the official abstract :
I will create a GTK+ GUI for Aptitude that will work alongside improved current ncurses and command-line interfaces. This will offer an alternative to Synaptic with an interface design geared toward usability and advanced functionality.
You may find some info about me, Obey Arthur Liu, here. I will be working with Daniel Burrows, the creator of Aptitude.
I’ll try to keep this blog updated about what I’ll be doing.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 am
May I ask what kind of advanced functionality?
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:08 am
Nice project! Here in college I help a lot of people using Debian and Ubuntu and most of them are simply _afraid_ of a terminal with aptitude… so they’re stuck with synaptic and the burning hell it raises.
@Jesse James: just throwing in a random and irrelevant idea: “installed-only-because-recommended” flag alongside the usual “installed-only-because-depended-on”