Last month (late Dec.) i submitted an idea for a web based interface for submitting possible backports. basically a user could enter a package name, and some checks would be done to see if teh package can be backported (blacklists, etc) then the system would attempt to backport it. a few other features such as giving the user their binary right away (with warning it hasn't been tested, etc) were given too.
i didn't start working on it right away because i was at home for winter break and didn't have good access to my build system/server to start setting up the enviorment. so now i'm back at school, in my software design class, and we have to come up with a project to work on in a 3 person group for teh semester. tons of documentation etc. i'm pretty sick of doing pointless projects for school, so, i would like to do something that would acctually be used. after thinking for a minute, i realized this is something we could do, the web-interface that is. so, has anyone started on this? i just don't want to repeat someone eles work etc. i would, of course be willing to give updates etc, and would want to make everything availible under the gpl or something similar, of course. so, do anyone have any issues with this being done as a project for school this spring? we could do most of our planning early, and, if we get it all done on time, it should be all set to be used for dapper a month or so after release. let me know. ps: any bad spelling/typo's you can contribute to my dislocated thumb. matt nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] sjoeboo.com -- ubuntu-backports mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports
