Thanks Jeremy and Sterling, for being so much inviting and helpful. Will soon submit some patches regarding the same.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Gaurav Bansal <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Jeremy and Sterling, for being so much inviting and helpful. > Will soon submit some patches regarding the same. > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:16 AM, Sterling Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Gaurav, >> >> I would be happy to be a tester of the development versions of pip2port. >> >> -Sterling >> >> >> From: Jeremy Lavergne <[email protected]> >> Date: February 27, 2014 10:45:04 AM PST >> To: Gaurav Bansal <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected] Development" < >> [email protected]> >> Subject: Re: pip2port >> >> >> The goal of pip2port is to generate a Portfile for a give Python package. >> MacPorts learns about packages from Portfiles, and makes them available by >> following commands and variables contained in them. Portfile development is >> covered in the guide: >> http://guide.macports.org/#development >> >> Once you understand what all goes into the Portfiles, you can see how the >> skeleton Portfile generator works: >> http://trac.macports.org/browser/contrib/portfile-gen/portfile-gen >> >> pip2port would go even further than this skeleton. >> >> Most skeleton "replaceme" values can be found in the setup script >> included in most python packages: >> http://docs.python.org/2/distutils/setupscript.html >> >> Similarly, you'll be able to pull out some python version dependency as >> well as module dependencies. You'll want to get to know the Python >> PortGroup (effectively an include used in Portfiles) to see what options >> are available for handling various nuances in Python packages. >> >> pip2port should complete the majority of a Portfile for the majority of >> Python packages. >> >> On Feb 27, 2014, at 7:07, Gaurav Bansal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I would like to seek the mentors help regarding the project(s) >> > Read packages from Python's PIP (pip2port) >> > >> > which has been proposed for the GSoC as my skill set lies perfectly in >> match with the required skill set. >> >> >
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