understanding macports

[Abhishek Kashyap]

hey
i want to confirm that I have to add news items to contents of port or
anywhere else.
Please specify explicitly  where we have to add.

On 17 March 2018 at 23:39, Mojca Miklavec <mojca at macports.org> wrote:

> On 17 March 2018 at 16:08, Abhishek Kashyap wrote:
> > News items as mentioned in GSOC and plists
>
> So:
> - https://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#news
> - https://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#startupitem
> ?
>
> The source code is in
>     https://github.com/macports/macports-base/
> There is one video that has been recorded two years ago with a short
> introduction to base hacking:
>     https://youtu.be/46qshiDskrM
>
> I hope that someone more competent than me will answer (I'm a total
> beginner as far as the core code is concerned).
>
> You should certainly try to install MacPorts first, install a few
> ports, check their sources and try to modify them (ideally you should
> start from git checkout of macports-ports).
>
> News items:
>
> You can check src/port/port.tcl for
>     proc action_notes
>     portclient::notifications
> etc.
>
> You can try to run:
>     port notes python27
> and you'll see that the command shows you some notes, the same happens
> when you install or upgrade that port.
>
> We would need some system to display arbitrary notifications based on
> OS version, version of MacPorts, whether a particular port is
> installed etc. But the functionality should be similar to what "port
> notes" does. You can also have a look at the link with example of
> notes from a different package manager.
>
>
> Property lists:
>
> Quite some things from that list have recently been implemented, so
> one needs to review what exactly still needs to be done (I did not
> follow).
>
> Grep macports-ports repository for "startupitem". You will find a
> bunch of ports which call startupitem, but the syntax only allows
> setting up one job. We need to extend the syntax to support multiple
> jobs.
>
> You can also grep for startupitem in macports-base. Sadly I'm not able
> to help you much further, other developers would need to jump in to
> clarify on that.
>
> But please take a look and try to ask more specific questions. It's
> nearly impossible to answer you in a competent way if your questions
> are not clear enough and way too short.
>
> Mojca
>
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