Gsoc 18 Project | Collect build statistics

[Vishnu]

Hey

I have been trying to install Macports on ubuntu.
And am unable to do so.

Downloaded the tar.
Somehelp would be appreciated.


On 24 April 2018 at 08:55, Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org> wrote:

> Hi Vishnu,
>
> Welcome to The MacPorts Project!
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 4:15 AM, Vishnu <vishnum1998 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > So first thing.
> > (a.1) I am planning to install ubuntu on my pc in a day.
> >         I guess We can install Macports on that.
>
> That's great. Let us know if you face any issues and if we could be of any
> help.
>
> I was also thinking about cloud platform (specifically Google Cloud) which
> gives
> you around 300$ of credits for one year where you could spin up a VM and
> test
> the installation.
>
> Note: It might need a Credit Card for authentication.
>
> > (a.2 , a.3) Once macports is installed i'll install mpstats ,buildbot
> too.
> >
> > (b.1) I went and completed week 1.But i am unable to access week 3 , week
> > 4.Because the course starts on April 30 i guess.
> > I went through the topics.
> > Week 3 : Subqueries and Join
> > Week 4 : Modifying and Analyzing Data with SQL
> >
>
> I guess you can join the upcoming session and complete all the
> assignments and weeks
> before hand too (I was able to do so few weeks back).
>
> > So now would learn more about these topics through youtube, many other
> > resources.
> >
> > (b.2) Will look into them.
> > (b.3) Django hopefully wouldn't be a problem.
> >
> > (c.0)  I would suggest that we create a new repository for your project
> > under
> > MacPorts, you fork it and use your own fork for endlessly playing with
> > it, testing etc
> > This sounds good.
> > I think i would be more comfortable with Github.
> >
> > (c.2) Can be done.
> > (c.3) You are talking about Build History data ..right?
> > There is already a JSON API for it as you said..so cant we use it? (
> > https://build.macports.org/json/help )
> >
> > (d.1 , d.2) Yes will do the research .
> >
> >
> > (e.1) I think when i will be changing Buildbot to update the database
> after
> > every build ..Then i would need Tcl.
> > Will learn them as i get time.
> >
>
> Speaking from experience, I would suggest go through the basics of Tcl
> and write some small sample programs to get the gist of Tcl.
> This would help you recall whatever you tried now at a later point
> of time when you actually touch macports-base.
>
> https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/tutorial/Tcl0.html helped me a lot.
> I always keep this window open while developing base.
>
> > Will see Project Description.
> >
> > Also i have my Semester End exams from 27 April - 7 may.
> > So maybe i would not be able to reply on time.
> >
>
> No issues. Do well for the exams :) Keep us updated.
>
> Looking forward to a great summer this year :)
>
> --
> Jackson Isaac
>
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