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2008 Google Summer of Code Highlights

Posted by timothy on from the sweet-anticipation dept.

andrewmin writes "SoC 2008 has begun, and with 175 organizations and 1125 students it looks better than ever before. Here's a quick run-down of a few programs that, if they are finished, will definitely be making their way onto your machine."

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  1. from the aptitude-gtk guy by GrAfFiT · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hi, I'm the Aptitude-gtk applicant.
    If you've used both Synaptic and Aptitude, you should have seen some differences :)
    The dependency resolution is one point, but it's not only that. The whole navigation in Aptitude is just much more efficient. Ever used Synaptic in a mixed-distribution install ? Say you want to install another version of a package and it has some different dependencies. Good luck navigating them in Synaptic. It's really not designed with that in mind.
    You can see the full application here and my development blog here .
    I warmly welcome any input on my project!