[GSoC 2010] - Proposal

[Jelmer Vernooij]

Hi Fabiano,

On 03/22/10 00:44, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
> As talked with kblin in #samba-technical ...
>
> I'm really interested in implement this proposal:
>
> *Extension of the GTK+ frontends
>
> There are a couple of GTK+ frontends for Samba4 (see SambaGtk). These are
> very limited at the moment but you could work on expanding them and further
> integrating them with GNOME. Language: C or Python
>
>      * Difficulty: Easy
>      * Language(s): Python, perhaps C
>      * Possible mentors: JelmerVernooij*
>
> But, I'll be more happy if this interface could be implemented using EFL and
> no GTK+.
> Why?
> EFL has less deps than GTK or QT and the graphic result is better (both in
> efficience and beauty).
>    
I'd rather see a continuation of the existing work using a commonly used 
library rather than starting a new project using a completely different 
UI toolkit. There is quite a bit of existing work which I'd rather not 
throw out.

Cheers,

Jelmer