From 5fceb6f31dc80509fcc882ead335d3fce1d22577 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Watson Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:08:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove two projects that are done. Submitted by: pav --- en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml | 105 +----------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 104 deletions(-) diff --git a/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml b/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml index c0e4067fd1..d325ac481a 100644 --- a/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml +++ b/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Ideas//EN" - $FreeBSD: www/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml,v 1.106 2009/03/12 14:33:29 kib Exp $ + $FreeBSD: www/en/projects/ideas/ideas.xml,v 1.107 2009/03/12 14:52:07 pgj Exp $ @@ -1116,73 +1116,6 @@ destDir parameter. - - Collect the pkg-message output - - -

Technical contact: Pav Lucistnik

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Collect the pkg-message output of dependencies and print them together - after the whole build finishes.

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Details: Change the current ad-hoc way of including pkg-message in - the stdout of the build process. Automatically display pkg-message - in post-install, if present. For the dependencies, save the copies - of pkg-messages, as displayed in post-install, in /var/db/pkg, and - display them collectively once the whole build finishes. Also - allow for manual review by user later (new flag to - pkg_info(1)).

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Requirements:

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  • Knowledge of shell and make coding, and basic overview of how - ports works.
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  • Basic knowledge of C.
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- - - - - - Improvements of OPTIONS - - -

The current OPTIONS infrastructure can be improved in several ways.

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  • It should be possible to define OPTIONS after bsd.ports.pre.mk.
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  • Add an API to override the current curses based interface with - a different GUI, e.g. zenity/gdialog instead of dialog.
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  • More room for a description in the OPTIONS dialog - possibly some - sort of help dialog could be provided for each option, like in - sysinstall.
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  • Better handling of cases where OPTIONS are changed/added/removed - between upgrades.
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  • The ability to depend on, or at least test, OPTIONS set in other - ports. Possibly it would be nice to enforce setting variables that are - depended upon when the port is being installed as a dependency.
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  • Other types of OPTIONS controls - A text box in particular would be - useful for entering variables that need real values.
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  • The possibility for mutually exclusive OPTIONS.
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  • Bugfixes: -
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    • If you attempt to run make config for a port with - ${PKGNAMEPREFIX} defined, the make config process will error out - with:
      - ===> Using wrong configuration file /path/options/file
      - The solution is to define LATEST_LINK to be prefix-${PORTNAME}, - but this should be done internally.
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Requirements:

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  • A basic understanding of the inner workings of the ports tree.
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- - - Package tools improvements @@ -1234,42 +1167,6 @@ destDir parameter. - - Utility for safe updating of ports in base system - - -

Also known as rewrite portupgrade in C.

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Write a new utility for the pkg_install suite, possibly named - pkg_upgrade(1), implementing a subset of existing portupgrade - functionality. The required functionality is:

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  • fixing @pkgdep records in +CONTENTS file
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  • fixing +REQUIRED_BY records
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  • storing old copies of shared libraries after shmajor number - change in /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg
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  • upwards and downwards recursive modes
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  • ability to work on a complete local ports tree without valid - INDEX file
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  • ability to work on a remote (ftp) package set without local - ports tree
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Anything that existing portupgrade can do is a desired - functionality. It would be nice to be command line compatible with - portupgrade, but it's not a requirement.

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Requirements:

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  • Basic understanding of the Ports Collection design.
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  • Good skills writing C code.
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  • Ability to read Ruby will help.
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- - - Ports license auditing infrastructure