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On Saturday 25 October 2003 22:39, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> On Saturday 25 October 2003 22:23, Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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> > Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> > I'm not very good with Python, but I'm interested in helping to design a |
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> > better dependency checker. Could you give me a summary of the way the |
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> > checker currently works or point me to a document that describes it? Or |
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> > should I just learn Python? |
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> Currently pvdabeel is working on a dependency checker. You should talk with |
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> him about it (I'm not working on portage myself). Depending on your skill |
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> set you might be happy to hear it has more to do with graph theory and |
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> graph walking algorithms (like Dijkstra's shortest path), than with python. |
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Also there is a mailing list for future portage development. While it is |
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rather quiet there currently, it is meant to discuss portage developments. It |
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is gentoo-portage-dev@g.o |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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