Hi Sir, Thanks a lot for the info provided. I've started working on the document. Having developed some understanding and interest in the language TCL, I'm in the process of figuring out ways of *Improving the Command Line Tool UX, *and am enthusiastic to share the same by means of *draft proposals*. May kindly let me know the *best way to share* the same; should I maintain a Google Doc restricting the access to selected people and share over mail publicly, or should I use a different platform for submission.
Also if you would like me to try out some *related issues* and submit some *pull requests*, may please let me know; I'll be glad in trying them out. Thanks and Regards, Yours Sincerely, *Saptarshi Mukherjee,* *Chairperson, Students' Senate,* *IIT Bhilai.* On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:36 PM Jackson Isaac <ijack...@macports.org> wrote: > Hi Saptarshi, > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:08 PM SAPTARSHI MUKHERJEE > <saptars...@iitbhilai.ac.in> wrote: > > > > Dear Sir/Ma'am, > > > > I shortly started voyaging through the documentation on MacPorts, which > seemed quite interesting to me. I'm Saptarshi Mukherjee, a 3rd Year > Undergraduate at IIT Bhilai in Computer Science and Engineering, and an > enthusiast to contribute to MacPorts in GSoC 2020. > > Welcome to The MacPorts Project! > > > > > In the first place, I'm absolutely new to tcl and am feeling a need to > know the language so as to have a clear understanding of the open-source > codes. Having confessed that, I'd however add that I've looked at some > files, acquired some overview, and then read some info about the issue > concerning "port reclaim". Having got some understanding of the current > requirement in that context, I hereby express my interest to contribute to > that issue. I could perceive the need to retain the build-related ports > which are currently being overlooked by the reclaim.tcl code, when checking > for leaves. Apart from that, the task of "Improving the Command Line UX" > was also interesting and seized my attention to try my hands on. > > You may also look at our introductory video on code base[1] for some > more insights. > > > > > Considering the fact that time is quite short with only 9-10 days > remaining for the application, I'd sincerely request for some directions on > how I should get going; whether I should read about tcl and revert with a > concrete understanding of the code, or I should try crafting and suggesting > innovative solutions (related to known data structures and relevant > architectural models) and pseudo-codes for implementations of the > aforementioned tasks. Any guidance would be highly appreciated. > > > > If you already have a good understanding of the code and have ideas, > feel free to already draft the application and submit in the portal, > in this way you can get early feedback from the (potential) mentors. > > [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46qshiDskrM > > -- > Jackson Isaac >