GSoC 2018 Project: Improve startupitem code

[Umesh Singla]

Brad, any thoughts on this? We already have a student interested in this
project.

And thanks for informing, Josh.

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 8:15 PM, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:

> On 2018-2-14 22:11 , Umesh Singla wrote:
> > For any discussions on this project, we can follow this thread. I am
> > cc'ing dev list if anyone has any question or idea or extension to it.
> >
> >     > The first thing I would like you to do is to go through our
> current list of projects on Trac [0].
> >     >
> >     > Try adding/updating the descriptions for your projects or let me
> know. Remove anything which is outdated. As you probably know, you can also
> propose a new idea.
> >     >
> >     > Also, is there any project which you would like me to move up on
> the list? Currently, there are two projects on the list, "Improve
> startupitem code" and "Generating Portfiles" listing you as a potential
> mentor.
> >
> >
> >     I’d love to see the startup item code more closely mirror the
> >     capabilities of launchd :)
> >
> >     It would be able great to write some short hand in a portfile that
> >     builds an xml launchd plist.
> >
> >
> > That's good to know. I've moved this project up the list.
>
> Just a heads-up, I have been reviewing all the tickets about
> startupitems recently (after having ideas percolate for a long time) and
> have just started committing code. I may close most or all of the
> existing tickets in the not too distant future.
>
> No doubt there is still more that could be done; just be aware this work
> is happening when planning any potential GSoC project.
>
> - Josh
>
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