From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M3Hx3-0006Ka-3h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 22:56:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09A03E0485; Sun, 10 May 2009 22:56:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aerie.halcy0n.com (aerie.halcy0n.com [65.98.89.194]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6FE7E0485 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 22:56:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aerie.halcy0n.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D40D7DABF for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:56:55 -0400 (EDT) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 aerie.halcy0n.com 8D40D7DABF X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at halcy0n.com Received: from aerie.halcy0n.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (halcy0n.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id o9zShwnkCGFG for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:56:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: by aerie.halcy0n.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A3B2F7DAFB; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:56:51 -0400 (EDT) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 aerie.halcy0n.com A3B2F7DAFB Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 18:56:51 -0400 From: Mark Loeser To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Google SoC @ Gentoo - Universal Select Tool Message-ID: <20090510225651.GB17162@aerie.halcy0n.com> References: <1241470894.6119.80.camel@thedude> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1241470894.6119.80.camel@thedude> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 187500c3-737e-4f69-898d-d13642384473 X-Archives-Hash: 11974fde93ff1cd120bebc273e7ecded --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable S=C3=A9rgio Almeida said: > Abstract: >=20 > Universal Select Tool is an utility to manage system configuration. > This tool is similar to the unmaintained eselect utility of Gentoo or > Exherbo's eclectic. The idea is to create a tool that manages both > system settings and user settings with profile creation possibilities. > The utility will use mostly concepts from "modules", "softenv", and > both "eselect" and "eclectic". I guess this is a very high level question...but do we need yet another eselect? Why can't we enhance or fix what we already have rather than creating everything from scratch? --=20 Mark Loeser email - halcy0n AT gentoo DOT org email - mark AT halcy0n DOT com web - http://www.halcy0n.com --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoHW7MACgkQCRZPokWLroQphQCfaIrw+4rWbP2D6Y0Udyq6iA9k i4UAn0M+SfEmAeAOAYngWaRrHiLCUpHL =pTY/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t--