[gentoo-soc] Framework for automated ebuild generators: weekly report #4

[Jauhien Piatlicki]

Hi all,

summary
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I'm working on `Framework for automated ebuild generators'[1]. My mentor
is Rafael Martins. The aim of this project is to facilitate creation of
ebuild-generators for 3d party software providers. For those interested
in the advance of a project there is a Kanban board [2] and a
git-repository with code [3].

week #4
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Status: on schedule

Implemented:
- cli for overlay generation, packages installation
- integration with layman
- usable ELPA backend

Plans:
- CTAN backend
- improving cli (search etc.)
- code documentation

If you want to test ELPA backend you can emerge g-sorcery using
`jauhien' overlay (available in layman). For testing you'll need patched
layman from git. Patch is available in my repository [4].

Then just add gnu-elpa, marmalade or melpa to your overlays using layman.

Also g-elpa supports generating ebuilds in your given local overlay.
Just run `g-elpa -o path_to_overlay sync -r REPO' where REPO can be
gnu-elpa, marmalade or melpa. Then `g-elpa -o path_to_overlay list' and
`g-elpa -o path_to_overlay install PACKAGE_NAME PORTAGE_FLAGS'.

[1] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2013/jauhien/17001

[2]
https://trello.com/board/framework-for-automated-ebuild-generators/51ad0f829c32858e72000c5f

[3] http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/g-sorcery.git;a=summary

[4]
http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/g-sorcery.git;a=blob_plain;f=layman-git-g-sorcery.patch;h=1b93043bc5bf888f6fe639e224ab96ae4550e317;hb=HEAD

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Regards,
Jauhien