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Hello everyone, |
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The following progress has been made this week: |
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1.) layman portage sync module: |
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- Support has been added to install a repo if it |
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is specified in a repos.conf entry, but does not |
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actually exist when using the API variant of the |
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sync module. |
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- The above support will create a reposconf.xml file |
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in the user's overlay defs folder so that the user |
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can install or remove the overlay at any time. |
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2.) Overlay definition generator: |
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The overlay definition generator has gone through a |
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massive overhaul including support for the following: |
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- Auto-completion of extra source URLs, feed URLs |
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and homepage for overlays that belong to either |
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github.com or git.overlays.gentoo.org |
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- The ability to add a repo to an already existing |
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repos.xml file. |
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- The ability to use the class to write an overlay to |
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a file via python code (as opposed to an interactive |
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user session). |
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3.) Changes to layman's codebase: |
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- A new --storage flag has been added to specify to |
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layman where an overlay is going to be installed. |
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The flag is an optional feature and not necessary |
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to use. |
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- The way layman handles branches has also changed. |
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Users will not be able to specify branch via a tag such |
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as <branch>fubar</branch>, and the branch variable |
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will now be handled on a per source URL basis. Changes |
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will be made to the documentation to reflect this change. |
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Goals for next week: |
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* Add finishing touches to portage sync module. |
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* Continue to work on overlay-maker class. |
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* Hopefully begin adding squashfs overlay support. |
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As always, to anyone interested the source code and my commits can be |
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found on git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/[1] or on github.com[2] on |
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layman's gsoc2014 branch. |
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[1]http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/layman.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/gsoc2014 |
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[2]https://github.com/twitch153/layman/tree/gsoc2014 |
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Hope everyone is enjoying their Summer! |
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With regards, |
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Devan Franchini (twitch153) |
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