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On 13:00 Sun 23 Nov , Benjamin Judas wrote: |
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> I already talked to genone, he said it would be no problem if I would |
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> use and modify their code and pyrania told me, that he had the Idea of |
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> an API-library so that all major functions could be encapsuled into |
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> easy-to-use functions (for example : def merge_packet(cpv):). |
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> Having such a library would make things a lot easier for people that |
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> want to provide alternative frontends. |
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My only suggestion is to make your own code feature enough abstract |
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encapsulation of portage that you can easily change how it may interact with |
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future versions (i.e., MVC or similar design patterns). Currently I'm working on |
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separating portage into a library of python packages but it's slow work and I |
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currently have no one who seems greatly interested in helping. Hopefully I'll be |
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able to finish before the end of December. |
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However, I am looking to add several things to the current portage, |
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documentation, unit tests, modularity, and encapsulation of basic operations |
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(possibly using interfaces to define what methods certain class should have in |
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order to perform certain actions). |
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Toodles. |
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