in-line :- On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 19:07, David Kalnischkies <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012/2/2 shirish शिरीष <[email protected]>: <snipped>
> But lets start at the top: > First, as it get pretty quick pretty confusing: APT isn't aptitude. > Usually, then we say APT we mean tools using the libapt-libraries > to a certain extent. The primary programs show casting this library > are apt-get, apt-cache and co. But aptitude uses this library to a > certain extend - and a lot of other package managers -, too. cool. > The code for downloading is e.g. included in this library and therefore > used by all of them equally, therefore projects like this debdelta thing > are worked on under the umbrella of the APT development team > reachable at [email protected] for the benefit of everyone. so if I am reading it right, it would be better if any improvements about debdelta be on the libapt* libraries so that all the package managers (apt-get,aptitude,synaptic) can benefit from it. > As we share so much you will find quiet a few people here as well > as there - i am for example mostly ear-dropping here to be informed > what "our" brother-in-law aptitude does, my real "home" is there. ;) right. > Various parts of the code for debdelta integration can be e.g. found here: > https://code.launchpad.net/~udeshike/apt/apt-ishan > https://code.launchpad.net/~udeshike/debdelta/debdelta-ishan at least now I know where to point/prod people if they want to do something. > It's not finished and it seems like the original author (= our mentee) > left us with these pieces behind after GSoC. That's misfortune but > unfortunately not unusual in GSoC[0]. It therefore is now in need of > someone picking it up to proceed working on it, it just nobody did so far. > > >> Good luck commiters having access to aptitude's git repository :P > > Everyone who can 'git clone' has commit access to his aptitude repo. > You just need to make your code rock and allow the gatekeepers of > the official aptitude repository to merge your awesomeness. ;) true. > I would tell you now what could be done without ever writing a single > line of code to improve aptitude or whatever else you like, but i am > reasonably sure Christian already told you this, so i am just saying: > Just do it (and be happy). :) actually all of us were busy using the minidebconf [0] so we could not talk/share anything about aptitude. I did however come to know of his patience and his il8n guruness :) I am however curious to know what you meant by ' I would tell you now what could be done without ever writing a single line of code to improve aptitude or whatever else you like ' , please elaborate. Looking forward to know more. > Best regards > > David Kalnischkies > > [0] There are exceptions now and then - like *shrug* me - and therefore > its tried every year to give students the chance to work on big and > interesting projects together with a great community, but as everywhere, > a few are just here for the money… *sign* [0] https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/tag/mangalore/ -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 _______________________________________________ Aptitude-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aptitude-devel
