GSoC 2019 [Collect build statistics]

[Umesh Singla]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 at 01:52, Arjun Salyan <arjun.salyan.che17 at itbhu.ac.in>
wrote:

> Hi,
> [sending privately to only potential mentors, because it is just an update]
>

It’s okay to share all the project related updates on the list. In fact,
it’s preferred that way.

>
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 3:14 AM Mojca Miklavec <mojca at macports.org> wrote:
>
>> There are various ways to achieve the goal. Note that if you run
>> portindex yourself, it will detect which files have been updated and
>> only ever touch data of those ports. The portindex command could be
>> modified to only output the file with changes (when you pass some
>> options to it). This will still miss deletes, but it would be an
>> efficient way with almost no dependencies.
>>
>
> With some changes I was able to make the portindex command to generate a
> file with only those ports which have been updated.
>

Does this include additions and/or deletions?

If we go with this method, it would better if we run the command on a
> different machine and then sync the file. This certainly is a much better
> way than the previous one. Shall I go ahead with this one?
>
> I would be happy to submit a PR of adding an option to PortIndex command
> which could generate PortIndex with only changes since the last time is was
> generated, but I am not sure if this would be useful.
>

It’s always to good to show your work and get feedback. It’s difficult to
comment on the quality otherwise. Please do not forget to make a PR.

Umesh

>
> Thank you
>
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