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@@ -1,61 +1,91 @@ TODO.dan -This is my personal TODO list. No guarantees if it is out of date and things - no longer apply. If you want to help out with any of it, send me an email. - -* Go through all makepkg bugs in flyspray and see if they are rectified: - http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?tasks=&project=1&string=makepkg - -* Documentation- no one likes to write it, but everyone reads it. Work on the - man pages and make sure they are up to date. -* doc/PKGBUILD.5- continue cleanup work -* PKGBUILD man page should be in section 5 and not section 8 - -* Port the libdownload (libfetch) manpage from BSD style to Linux style, or at - very least change references to BSD. - -* Pacman 3.1 - New cache cleaning functionality in pacman - keep installed - version, choose number to keep, etc. Good python script in the forums that - we should try to emulate, perhaps. -* Pacman 3.1 - downgrade feature - allow users to see cached packages and - downgrade to (previous or any?) available options. - -* Pacman 3.1 - Extreme similarity between some of the sync and add code...we - have to be able to abstract more away from sync actions and add actions to - just 'actions' (example: sync,c, add.c, and deptest.c all contain a switch - on PM_DEP_MOD_*). Merge update, add, and sync code when possible, so we - reduce duplication. - -* Pacman 3.1 - List every function, define, etc. in libalpm. Give one - sentence description of each. If it sounds like two are similar, find a way - to combine or refactor them. If it is unnecessary- delete it. Stop keeping - everything clustered in little add/sync/remove parts, allow transactions to - share code. - -* Pacman 3.1 - Go through options list. Decide if namings are good, all options - are still relevant, etc. Ideas for -Re (#6273), changing meaning of -c (has - two meanings, another FS bug), etc. - -* Pacman 3.1 - Possible rewrite of make system. Options: - -- revise to be more static (Aaron mentioned wmii's system) - -- Cmake? It looks intriguing - -* Pacman 3.1 - Rewrite _alpm_sortbydeps to use Topological Sort. Should work - using a standard topo sort algorithm, once the crazy types can be fixed up - a bit. Include a cycle check - print a big error message if this happens. +======== + +This is my personal TODO list. No guarantees if it is out of date and things no +longer apply. If you want to help out with any of it, send me an email. + +Go through all makepkg bugs in Flyspray and see if they are rectified: +http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?tasks=&project=1&string=makepkg + +Documentation- no one likes to write it, but everyone reads it. Work on the man +pages and make sure they are up to date. Perhaps move man page format to a more +portable source format to make translation easier to keep up-to-date (something +like txt2tags, docbook?) This will need some research. + +Port the libdownload (libfetch) manpage from BSD style to Linux style, or at +very least change references to BSD. + +Pacman 3.1: +=========== + +Updated cache cleaning functionality in pacman - keep installed version, choose +number to keep, etc. Good python script in the forums that we should try to +emulate, perhaps. + +Downgrade feature - allow users to see cached packages and downgrade to +(previous or any?) available options. + +Extreme similarity between some of the sync and add code...we have to be able +to abstract more away from sync actions and add actions to just 'actions' +(example: sync,c, add.c, and deptest.c all contain a switch on PM_DEP_MOD_*). +Merge update, add, and sync code when possible, so we reduce duplication. + +Review progress /transaction event subsystem. (from TODO) + +Add Doxygen comments to every function in libalpm including private functions. +Ensure functions are doing exactly their purpose and nothing more. Find +functions that perform duplicate behavior and merge them. Combine and refactor +others. Delete unnecessary functions. Stop keeping everything clustered in +little add/sync/remove parts, allow transactions to share code. + +Go through options list. Decide if namings are good, all options are still +relevant, etc. Ideas for -Re (#6273), changing meaning of -c (has two meanings, +another FS bug), etc. Remove the -A flag and possibly -D, -T, and -Y if they +can be done by other actions. Possible switch of -U --> -I (#5571). + +Rewrite _alpm_sortbydeps to use Topological Sort. Should work using a standard +topo sort algorithm, once the crazy types can be fixed up a bit. Include a +cycle check - print a big error message if this happens. -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological_sort -- http://everything2.com/?node_id=556079 +Review display and logging functions. There seems to be an abundance of them. +Make it extensible to use color, review what verbose/debug means. Perhaps +separate logging functionality- Pacman has its normal log, and alpm backend +keeps a very simple log file - listing only adds (including syncs) and removes. +This way a consistency list can be kept of what is currently installed and what +isn't, without all the logging junk from the front end. + +If we stick with autotools, add more defines to configure.in, including +CACHEDIR, PKGEXT, so these can be specified at configure time for ease of use +by other distributions which may want to change the defaults. Also, review what +needs to be in config.h and what does not. There may be excess #depends which +are hard coded into the sources. (from TODO.autoconf) + Quick hits: -* unsigned int vs. unsigned -* 'ldd' & 'ldd -u' - many linkages -* possibly split utilities/extras from pacman package -* makepkg3 produces files with arch appended- gensync can't deal with it -* FS #4185 - move where message is logged, perhaps? -* Remove -A flag (and possibly -D, -T, and -Y?) -* ideas mentioned here - http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=29450 - add a .install message about mirrors, maybe comment whole file, encourage - rankmirrors usage -* update copyrights -* update pacman website -* finish pacman coding style page -* make indent.pro file for GNU indent +=========== + +unsigned int vs. unsigned- determine a standard and stick with it + +Possibly split utilities/extras from pacman package + +Rewrite gensync/updatesync, and add a 'repo-remove' script + +FS #4185 - move where message is logged, perhaps? + +ideas mentioned here- http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=29450- add a +.install message about mirrors, maybe comment whole file, encourage rankmirrors +usage + +Update copyrights (2007) + +Update pacman website, and add/finish pacman coding style page + +Make .indent.pro file for GNU indent (started, but didn't finish) + +Pacman 3 packaging - perhaps include pacman2.static in case something goes +terribly wrong, which I hope it won't + +autogen.sh / autoclean.sh - these seem messy. Can we clean this up? + + |