[gentoo-soc] Re: GSoC -- Week 7

[Detlev Casanova <detlev.casanova@gmail.com>]

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On Monday 12 July 2010 17:47:16 Detlev Casanova wrote:
> If you like lists :
> 
> Finish a working version of the interpreter
> Make the interpreter work with arguments
> Make the interpreter work with class instances
> Read out the new layman API
> Solve a problem that prevents functions from being executed
> Create an overlay C class that uses the new layman API
> Restructure classes
> Add some methods to Overlay, fix some warnings
> Implement Config and DbBase
> Add a C <-> Python Dict class and fix DbBase to take a Dict for it's config
> argument
> Get proper layman branch, Check what should really be implemented
> Implement the whole LaymanAPI
> Get the proper layman Python library and fix BareConfig constructor
> Make tester and fix compilation issues
> 
> If you don't :
> 
> This week, I've decided that the interpreter is the best solution to
> execute python code, especially because what's going to be used is a
> stable Python API.
> 
> I've also written a C version of the layman API Brian Dolbec wrote earlier
> this week. It allows doing everything you need to do with Layman :
> add/remove/get information from/sync a layman overlay.
> 
> The C lib sources can be downloaded on my git repository :
> 
> git clone http://soc.dev.gentoo.org/~cazou/c-portage c-portage

I changed the location of the repository, it is now in

http://soc.dev.gentoo.org/~cazou/c-layman

so, do a 

git clone http://soc.dev.gentoo.org/~cazou/c-layman c-layman

> There is no building system yet, I'm working on it but having internet
> connexion issues does not help at all.
> 
> All you'll find in that repository is a 'src' directory. Enter it and type
> the compile command line :
> 
> gcc -W -Wall -L/usr/lib/python2.6/ -lpython2.6 -I/usr/include/python2.6/ -o
> tester --std=c99 -g *.c
> 
> and execute ./tester.
> 
> I you want it to work, You'll need Brian's Python layman API :
> 
> git clone http://dev.gentooexperimental.org/~dol-sen/git/layman.git
> 
> and switch to the API branch
> 
> git checkout api
> 
> (if this last one does not work, try git checkout -b api
> remotes/origin/api)
> 
> You must know that memory management is still crappy and not everything has
> been tested.
> Brian might also have pushed some updates to the code taht prevents from
> syncing an overlay.
> 
> Documentation will come but currently, it's the very same as Brian's layman
> API.
> 
> I also have to speak more, give more details and comment the code more,
> that's something I tend not to do and reminding it to me is a very good
> idea :-)

Cheers,

Detlev

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