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Aaron Griffin 4db7948d1a Testing git emails
Added a random line to my TODO list to see if I can get commit diffs.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>
2007-04-04 19:32:57 -05:00

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== This is my custom TODO file ==
** THIS IS A TEST COMMIT
* transaction object should contain two package list (install and remove)
instead of a single list of syncpkgs - this should allow us to get rid of that
type. This also requires seperate functionality to return a list of
"replaces" packages to the front end, so the frontend can handle the QUESTION()
stuff in that case
* Look into other VCSs to use. The main CVS repo will remain, but having a
distributed system to allow for easy patching/pushing/pulling would be nice
- monotone and mercurial look like the top contenders in my book, but I need
to evaluate both a bit more.
* src/pacman:
There's quite a few single function headers which contain the pacman_*
functions. We should move these to a single header (pacman.h) to clean up
the source a bit.
* libalpm -> front end communication needs a work-up. Both progress functions
can be combined into one callback, IFF we adjust it to accept a prefix string
for the progress bars, and format it at the lib side. Question functions
should also do the same - create the string at the library side, and simply
call some sort of int yes_no = ask_question("Do foo with bar?");
* move logging (alpm_logaction) out of the library. log files should be
written by the app, not the library. Adding a PM_LOG_* constant that
frontends can recognize and send to a file is probably a good idea.
* clear up list allocation/deallocation - some lists need to be free'd, some
do not and there is no clear indication WHEN this should happen.
* remove DB entries (directories) on a read error?
* Add a pm_errstr error string, which will allow us to do things like:
pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE;
pm_errstr = archive_error_string(archive);
or:
pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBDOWNLOAD;
pm_errstr = downloadLastErrString;
This way we don't break abstraction when returning specific errors in
cases like the above.
* pacman: A LOT of functions are way too long. There should be an upper limit of
100-200 lines. _alpm_add_commit is around 600 lines, and is far too complex.
* pacman: fixup doxygen documentation for public interface
* libalpm: just because a function is in alpm.h doesn't mean it needs to be in
alpm.c - we should move functions around where they should be. In fact,
alpm.c might not be needed at all, if things were organized properly.
* feature for 3.1: package file hooks *
I've been planning on this one for some time. Here's a simple rundown:
in /etc/pacman.d/hooks:
Hook /usr/include/* : /usr/bin/ctags -R /usr/include/*.h -f /usr/include/systags
This will allow us to make "global hooks" to simplify a lot of repetitive
install files (scrollkeeper, depmod, etc). This also allows us to move
ldconfig out of pacman entirely.
possible: /etc/pacman.hooks/* files for hooks, so packages can add them too
* feature for 3.1: multiple search/match types
option: MatchType regex (current way)
MatchType fnmatch (use fnmatch to match things like 'pacman -S gnome*')
MatchType plain (no matching. expect plain text).
* feature for 3.1: revamp the autotools system. I'd LOVE to use a manual system
like wmii and friends do. It'd be real nice if we could just do away with
autotools altogether.
**** BUGS ****
* Removal of conflicts on -A and -U (INCOMPLETE)