follow up on the web-interface idea

[matt nicholson]

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
sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com
sjoeboo.com