Project idea: porting Linux kernel's gconfig app from GTK 2 to GTK 4 and Rust

[swilmet (Sébastien Wilmet)]

Hi,

This is just a project idea for someone else to grab, I’m not going to work on it.

Did you know that the Linux kernel has a gtk2 app to configure the build? With the make gconfig command, documented in the admin-guide and with its source code located in scripts/kconfig/.

This would be an opportunity to port to GTK 4 and possibly Rust.

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In general, I think that sharing such project ideas is a good thing. Maintainers like me are already busy with their project(s), but external contributors could find an interesting task to do among a list (if such a list is created).

Cheers,
Sébastien

[Sid]

For anyone interested, just type make gconfig after checking out kernel source.

'gconfig' app screenshots:

Help → Introduction:

FWIW, there is also a make xconfig, which builds the Qt 5.x app qconf.

[sophieherold]

There are close to 250 other app ideas available in Issues · Tobias Bernard / App Ideas · GitLab

[sri]

Lawd that looks terrible, using gtk4 + libadwaita we could design a good experience while also promoting GTK.

[swilmet (Sébastien Wilmet)]

One more app idea, then Modernize the Linux kernel's gconfig app (#282) · Issues · Tobias Bernard / App Ideas · GitLab