[gentoo-soc] Framework for automated ebuild generators: final report

[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].

Final report
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Status: finished.

A framework for automated ebuild generators was created as was planned.
A developer's documentation can be found at [4]. During the project 3
working backends were implemented:

-- for ELPA repositories of emacs elisp packages
-- for CTAN (not so useful, as there is good CTAN suppport in Gentoo,
but usable if something is missing in the main tree)
-- for PyPI

A brief user's documentation is available at [5]. Also there are man
pages available after installing g-sorcery.

Usage is simple:

1. Add jauhien overlay with

	# layman -a jauhien

2. Emerge app-portage/g-sorcery (note, it depends on
app-portage/layman-9999)

	# emerge -va g-sorcery

3. List available overlays with

	# layman -L

4. Add a g-sorcery overlay you like (note, there is dependency between
overlays)

	# layman -a gnu-elpa -a marmalade

5. Emerge package you want

	# emerge -va app-emacs/clojure-mode

Credits. Thanks to:

	-- Rafael Martins for mentoring
	-- Brian Dolbec for lots of advices
	-- Denis Dupeyron for general coordination
	-- Auke Booij for implementing during GSoC 2010 idea that I found
interesting and that inspired me to work on ebuild generation
	-- anybody from Gentoo community who helped with answers to my
questions (not only during this GSoC ;-) )

Also I would like to know if somebody wants a backend for any repository
type. At the moment I'm planning to have a look at Leiningen packaging
system as I have plans to do some work with Clojure.

[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]
https://github.com/jauhien/g-sorcery/blob/master/docs/developer_instructions.rst

[5] https://github.com/jauhien/g-sorcery/blob/master/README.md

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Regards,
Jauhien