Re: nmap in GSoC - student idea

[Hiemanshu Sharma <hiemanshu () gmail com>]

On 28 March 2011 03:21, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 04:42:12PM +0530, Hiemanshu Sharma wrote:
> > > > 1) Updating everything to current python and Qt (and also lay
> > > > foundation for a python 3 port)
> > >
> > > What do you mean by "current Python"? We use the most recent Python 2.6
> > > and PyGTK as far as I know. We don't use Qt at all. If we move to
> Python
> > > 3, we would abandon the Python 2 code completely (unless we can make
> the
> > > same code work on both)--we don't want to maintain two copies of the
> > > program.
> >
> > I am planning to redesign it in PyQt because for one the libs in GNOME 3
> are
> > going to change, and you would have to maintain two copies for it if you
> > want to support both (Qt works on all 3 OSes much better than GTK does
> and
> > also supports mobile devices)
>
> I can only speak for myself, but it's going to take some pretty
> compelling evidence to convince me that rewriting Zenmap with PyQt is a
> good idea. (In other words, it's not likely.) The other mentors probably
> feel the same way. Doing that job alone will probably take all summer,
> trading new compatibility problems and bugs for few benefits.
>
> I'm not trying to put your idea down, just trying to give you realistic
> expectations of how proposals will be evaluated.
>
> It may seem contradictory for me to say this, but I wouldn't be opposed
> to Zenmap's GUI being rewritten completely, however it would have to
> proceed from someone with a clear, unified design that removes Zenmap's
> current UI infelicities. It couldn't just be a straight port of the
> current UI.
>
> David Fifield

Well since most of the code is already in place, I will only have to change
the UI handlers which isnt that difficult a job and shouldn't take two
months to get done. Also I plan to continue working on zenmap every after
GSoC because this is one thing I use regularly. Also I could take up this
idea to port it to python3/GTK3(PyGObject) and fix the things listed in the
todo as well.

Regards,

-H
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