Bug#797359: ITP: universal-ctags -- Generates an index (or tag) file of names found in source files

[Víctor Cuadrado Juan]

I failed to CC bugs.debian.org, so for the sake of completeness I'm
quoting the missing mails back to the BTS:

>>> On 15-08-31 10:52:29, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
>>>
>>> Last question: are you aware of any performance comparison between
>>> exuberant-ctags and universal-ctags?
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:02:12AM +0200, Víctor Cuadrado Juan wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not aware of any performance comparison, and my own experience is
>> moot, as I have only used it on little C projects.
>> But I would say we should expect at least the same performance as from
>> exuberant-ctags, as it is a fork of it.
>>
>> Furthermore, there is no stable release yet (neither 6.0 continuing
>> with exuberant-ctags nor 1.0), but it seems close. 
>> Maybe this package should go to experimental?
> On 15-08-31 11:11:39, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
>
> Given it's not a replacement for exuberant-ctags, but only an option to
> it in the Debian archive, I don't think so. But you might want to
> contact the upstream author and ask for their opinion on this matter.
>
> Cheers.


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Bug#797359: ITP: universal-ctags -- Generates an index (or tag) file of names found in source files

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

Thanks for your answer, Víctor!

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:14:10AM +0200, Víctor Cuadrado Juan wrote:
> You can read a somewhat comprehensive list of changes from upstream
> here[1], and more info here[2].

Very helpful!

Last question: are you aware of any performance comparison between
exuberant-ctags and universal-ctags?

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Bug#797359: ITP: universal-ctags -- Generates an index (or tag) file of names found in source files

[Víctor Cuadrado Juan]

On 15-08-30 09:34:36, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:44:44AM +0200, Víctor Cuadrado Juan wrote:
> > * Package name: universal-ctags
> > * URL : https://ctags.io/
> >  A continuation of the exuberant-ctags implementation of the ctags
> 
> Hey, can you elaborate a bit on how universal-ctags compare to
> exuberant-ctags? This is by no means an objection to packaging this, but
> as a heavy user of exuberant-ctags for Debsources, I'm curious about how
> the two compares, specifically in terms of performances and language
> support.
> 
> Thanks!

I would summarize it happily (but I have yet to use universal-ctags for
more than C code myself). 

The last exuberant-ctags version dates back to July 09. Universal-ctags
has been quite active since March 14. 

Universal-ctags has added support for the following languages:
ada, clojure, coffee *xcmd*, css, d, ctags option library *optlib*, 
falcon, go, json, m4 *optlib*, mib *optlib*, rust, windres and 
SystemVerilog. Furthermore, they have heavily improved php and verilog
parsers.

Also, universal-ctags now treats option files as libraries[3].

You can read a somewhat comprehensive list of changes from upstream
here[1], and more info here[2].

[1]: https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags/blob/master/docs/news.rst
[2]: https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags/tree/master/docs
[3]:
https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags/blob/master/docs/optlib.rst

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Bug#797359: ITP: universal-ctags -- Generates an index (or tag) file of names found in source files

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:44:44AM +0200, Víctor Cuadrado Juan wrote:
 * Package name: universal-ctags
 * URL : https://ctags.io/
  A continuation of the exuberant-ctags implementation of the ctags

Hey, can you elaborate a bit on how universal-ctags compare to
exuberant-ctags? This is by no means an objection to packaging this, but
as a heavy user of exuberant-ctags for Debsources, I'm curious about how
the two compares, specifically in terms of performances and language
support.

Thanks!
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Bug#797359: ITP: universal-ctags -- Generates an index (or tag) file of names found in source files

[Víctor Cuadrado Juan]

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* Package name: universal-ctags
  Version : 0~20150830
  Upstream Author : https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags/graphs/contributors
* URL : https://ctags.io/
* License : GPL-2
  Programming Lang: C
  Description : Generates an index (or tag) file of names found in source
files

 A continuation of the exuberant-ctags implementation of the ctags
 program. Ctags generates an index (or tag) file of language objects
 found in source files that allows these items to be quickly and
 easily located by a text editor or other utility. A tag signifies
 a language object for which an index entry is available (or,
 alternatively, the index entry created for that object).





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