<div dir="ltr">Hi Sir,<div><br></div><div>Thanks a lot for the info provided. I've started working on the document. Having developed some understanding and interest in the language TCL, I'm in the process of figuring out ways of <b>Improving the Command Line Tool UX, </b>and am enthusiastic to share the same by means of <b>draft proposals</b>. May kindly let me know the <b>best way to share</b> the same; should I maintain a Google Doc restricting the access to selected people and share over mail publicly, or should I use a different platform for submission.</div><div><br></div><div>Also if you would like me to try out some <b>related issues</b> and submit some <b>pull requests</b>, may please let me know; I'll be glad in trying them out. </div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks and Regards,</div><div>Yours Sincerely,</div><div dir="ltr"><i>Saptarshi Mukherjee,</i><div><i>Chairperson, Students' Senate,</i></div><div><i>IIT Bhilai.</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:36 PM Jackson Isaac <<a href="mailto:ijackson@macports.org">ijackson@macports.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Saptarshi,<br>
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:08 PM SAPTARSHI MUKHERJEE<br>
<<a href="mailto:saptarshim@iitbhilai.ac.in" target="_blank">saptarshim@iitbhilai.ac.in</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear Sir/Ma'am,<br>
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> I shortly started voyaging through the documentation on MacPorts, which seemed quite interesting to me. I'm Saptarshi Mukherjee, a 3rd Year Undergraduate at IIT Bhilai in Computer Science and Engineering, and an enthusiast to contribute to MacPorts in GSoC 2020.<br>
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Welcome to The MacPorts Project!<br>
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> In the first place, I'm absolutely new to tcl and am feeling a need to know the language so as to have a clear understanding of the open-source codes. Having confessed that, I'd however add that I've looked at some files, acquired some overview, and then read some info about the issue concerning "port reclaim". Having got some understanding of the current requirement in that context, I hereby express my interest to contribute to that issue. I could perceive the need to retain the build-related ports which are currently being overlooked by the reclaim.tcl code, when checking for leaves. Apart from that, the task of "Improving the Command Line UX" was also interesting and seized my attention to try my hands on.<br>
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You may also look at our introductory video on code base[1] for some<br>
more insights.<br>
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> Considering the fact that time is quite short with only 9-10 days remaining for the application, I'd sincerely request for some directions on how I should get going; whether I should read about tcl and revert with a concrete understanding of the code, or I should try crafting and suggesting innovative solutions (related to known data structures and relevant architectural models) and pseudo-codes for implementations of the aforementioned tasks. Any guidance would be highly appreciated.<br>
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If you already have a good understanding of the code and have ideas,<br>
feel free to already draft the application and submit in the portal,<br>
in this way you can get early feedback from the (potential) mentors.<br>
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[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46qshiDskrM" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46qshiDskrM</a><br>
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-- <br>
Jackson Isaac<br>
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