From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405B41381F3 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:47:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25011E096E; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from juliette.telenet-ops.be (juliette.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.74]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01263E0964 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:47:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from TOMWIJ-GENTOO ([94.226.55.127]) by juliette.telenet-ops.be with bizsmtp id p2nT1l0062khLEN062nT6J; Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:47:27 +0200 Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:44:45 +0200 From: Tom Wijsman To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs Message-ID: <20130616164445.0c8f8f55@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> In-Reply-To: <1371390923.28535.67.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> References: <1371376191.10717.15.camel@localhost> <1371390923.28535.67.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.18; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/US5gXmEBd.WooQMHavBJ572"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: d40957fa-35f4-4f4b-ab64-c4a34a0aab90 X-Archives-Hash: 339cdae4f22ea462147138c23a312e3c --Sig_/US5gXmEBd.WooQMHavBJ572 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:55:23 -0700 Brian Dolbec wrote: > I'll take pkgcore (if somehow we can get eapi 5 finished.) Here's the catch: it's not only about finishing EAPI 5, but also about implementing the upcoming EAPI 6 changes and fixing any bugs that arise. For it to be feasible to use it would need an upstream maintainer for that package; it goes a little further than "let's implement X or fix Y", the code has to be understood to gain the necessary insight. If one just hacks in things to make it work, he'll waste efforts. Think before anyone plans to pick this up, it is quite a commitment. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LegacyCode http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0131177052 I sincerely have interest in working on a heavily refactored PM or a PM from scratch; but, I can't see myself pick up a big Python project as I'm not really used to anything beyond average Python scripts. Or maybe I'm afraid of nothing, I can't tell in advance not knowing its code. I'll take it into consideration though; there is quite a huge choice between applying software re-engineering practices (mostly reverse engineering) to pkgcore, applying those practices (mostly refactoring) to Portage or implementing an all new PM from scratch. --=20 With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : TomWij@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D --Sig_/US5gXmEBd.WooQMHavBJ572 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRvc9kAAoJEJWyH81tNOV9wUkH/j1RwGEXo54H21GK/2NBC7Ua 7LzyOeUUTVi55Nrh3Kni6XjW7x8smpqgQ0H+Ek7YQwhf3Z4c9eAWF2do/t0qrQLk OtaZ/z+D5A3ziO5fnaF1YVb1DDRdGfZ2WJt/qpVccJR/OXXvAAOFI0aNK21ovwOq fSeheGwbkx7zMFuPBghqfhz3NrvgGqx8hJ12oqwmSRSSgn995eon3Z6dwfaS8CaP HVKWAg+/0pKzppQVwPtRuylvMcxpPeKYA17QVUDKoEL/BwNBPODKcXNCv+WK3wEi lJBWNtRyxB4eXLuDmPhImpfxf/U76nYgfDiICKWdYdQuCkRaA5NEq9BFZqzGM14= =6cvL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/US5gXmEBd.WooQMHavBJ572--