GSoC'17: Add migrate action to port command Project

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

> On Mar 23, 2017, at 9:08 PM, Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Umesh,
> 
> 
> First of all, Welcome to The MacPorts Project. We are always happy to
> see new developers around.

Yes, welcome.

> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 4:30 AM, Umesh Singla <umeshksingla at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> As we discussed on IRC, I've been looking into the project "Add migrate
>> action to port command" and hoping to submit a draft proposal very soon.
>> I'll need your help in putting up a nice proposal for sure.
>> 
> 
> Submitting a draft early is a good idea so that we could guide you
> well in time. We had submitted a template for proposal on the
> summerofcode.withgoogle.com page. Let me know if you are unable to
> access it.
> 
>> I'm currently trying to acquaint myself with the MacPorts codebase and came
>> across the Macports guide [0]. Thanks for keeping such guides for newbies.
>> The project description points to a migration instruction guide [1],
>> automating which is more or less the goal of the project, am I right?
>> 
>> Since final submission deadline is close, I'll be grateful if someone can
>> point me in the right direction for now and not waste time fiddling around.
>> 
>> Also, @Jackson, I'm not able to find any discussion about this project on
>> mailing list threads. Can you link me to them? I think they'll help me in
>> understanding the need and expected outcomes by the community from this
>> project and might give a better insight into the project.
>> 
> 
> It was in macports-users (I thought it was posted on macports-dev,
> took me some time to search :P)
> https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/2017-March/042837.html
> 
>> @pixilla, if we need to discuss, what'd be the best time according to your
>> timezone?
>> 
> 
> Pixilla,
> 
> Could you please guide the student on migration tool project.

Yes. I am short on time today. Umesh , what timezone are you and what hours are you generally available for online chat or IRC? I am UTC-8.
If we  can set some standard times to communicate that would be a good start.

> Let us know if you face any issue(s).

Jackson, will do, thank you for your leadership.

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Brad