Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 10:39:37 -0400 From: Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> To: candelabrum@canada.com Cc: libh@FreeBSD.org Subject: TODO refresh (was: volunteer) Message-ID: <D2D3AF16-B05C-11D6-BD5C-0050E4A0BB3F@anarcat.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20020815063546.21799.h008.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net>
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BTW: I'll put this up on the web. Each time I re-inspect what needs to=20= be done with libh, I come up with new stuff ;) On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 09:35 AM, candelabrum@canada.com wrote: > Hi, > Any direction is acceptable. I think that you know > project's priorities better. I am rolling the latest > snapshot in my box and after I=92ll can to see the > details. Generally I am interested in writing the > package engine or the user interface or something else. > It would be better if somebody let me know about > appropriate directions for beginning work. Well, the package engine and the user interface is pretty much all there=20= is to libh. :) Both engines need a rewrite, in part or in full. Hui =3D=3D=3D Max is currently engineering a pretty throughout Hui (libH User=20 Interface) rewrite, and he's going pretty well on this side. I've been thinking about this, and we will need new widgets once this is=20= done. - a tree widget - an image widget (that will show nothing in tvision :) - a general "canvas" scrollable widget that can hold other widgets Also, the listbox widget needs to be able to sort its entries and=20 possibly move its columns around. Max will probably be better than me to instruct you on what there is to=20= do. Package System =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The package API is at its infancy. You can find it at=20 http://usw4.freebsd.org/~libh/sysinstall2/ . As I said, it is far from=20= complete, and not detailed enough yet. I have tried to make it clearer,=20= but it's an evergoing task. It would be interesting to make this document look more like an API.=20 Right now, it's mostly a libh design document. But it still gives a good=20= idea of how libh is made and what it should be able to do. On the implementation side itself, there is a strong need of finishing=20= the basic implementation that was started. Right now, packages can be=20 generated and installed, but dependencies, uninstalls and plenty of=20 other very interesting libh functions are non-working or = non-implemented. This needs to be done. I don't exactly know what's missing and where. I got interested in the=20= package system only recently, and there's very few documentation. So=20 another task is to analyze the code and the documentation to see where=20= we're at. Gettting a simple list of what works and what doesn't would be=20= really great, and setting up regression tests would be extraordinarly=20 helpful. =46rom what I understand now, the libh package system is really zip and=20= DB3 based. The class hierarchy doesn't allow much flexibility on this=20 side, so it would be a good thing to start isolating the implementation=20= (eg. Zip file) from the concept (eg. Archive or Package) in the code=20 itself. Also, inline class and function documentation is seriously=20 lacking. We now have the tools to extract that documentation (Doxygen),=20= so we need to document the whole thing. So in short, here are the package tasks: - finish package API - figure out what is and what needs to be implemented - implement missing parts to get a viable package system - document the whole package system via Doxygen - isolate the package system formats (database and package format sides)=20= in seperate classes - setup regression tests Choose your task, work on the tree to get accustomed to it and send us=20= patches! I'll be very glad to review those and commit them to the tree=20= if they're ok. :) > I can=92t send mail to mail-list direct from my local > computer, there isn=92t any error message. I remember > there was strong position with reverse DNS, does it > matter now? hub.freebsd.org refuses messages coming from computers without reverse=20= DNS mappings or with reverse mappings not matching the pretended=20 hostname (IIRC). A. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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