On Sun, 2013-06-16 at 16:44 +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:55:23 -0700
> Brian Dolbec <dol...@gentoo.org> 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.
> 

Thank you for considering helping.  I have stayed away form the
intricate details of package management in the past, but I also do not
like how long portage is taking now for dep calculations.  So, I am
going to look into what it needs to be completed. I know there are
others out there that would also like to see pkgcore keep going.  If we
(that means I want help, so please speak up) can get EAPI 5 finished.
Then EAPI 6 will be that much easier when the time comes, which is
hopefully not too soon.

For the record, I have admin capability to pkgcore's repo, so if we can
get things ironed out.  It will be possible to push the changes to the
main repo and release it.  But, I also admit that pkgcore may have to
move to an overlay to get it up to speed with current required
functionality.


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