GSoC 2019 [Make Blacklisting MacPorts Compilers Easier]

[Marcus Calhoun-Lopez]

Greetings.

Learning Tcl should not be too difficult, especially since you are already familiar with other languages.
The GSoC website has a link to a Tcl tutorial [1].

What constitutes “low hanging fruit” depends on your experience level with MacPorts.
Do you own a Mac?
Have you used MacPorts before?

For the most part, the project you propose would involve modifying the compiler_blacklist_versions PortGroup [2].
If the word PortGroup is new to you, you might want to read through the MacPorts documentation [3].

If you are eager to jump right in to MacPorts development, you could attempt to take an “orphaned port” and update it.
If you run `port livecheck maintainer:nomaintainer`, you will find a great number of ports which are out of date or whose livecheck is broken.
You could then attempt a fix and submit a pull request [4].

If this has not answered your question, please feel free to ask for clarification.

-Marcus

[1] https://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#Whatyoushoulddobeforehandinginanapplication
[2] https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/_resources/port1.0/group/compiler_blacklist_versions-1.0.tcl
[3] https://guide.macports.org
[4] https://guide.macports.org/#project.github

> On Mar 27, 2019, at 9:33 AM, Fatema Sherif <fatemakhalid96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I hope this email finds you well. I am a senior year student at Cairo University. I am interested in the project idea in GSoC 2019  "Make Blacklisting MacPorts Compilers Easier] ".
> I want to apply for summer internship in MacPorts but I don't know have experience with Tcl. I wanted to know if it is ok and if I'll have time with the tutorials.
> I am a good programmer in C,C++,Java,Android Programming, web development and Python.
> I would like to proceed with the application and it would be nice to know what I should do next. 
> I would like to know if you have relevant low hanging fruit so I'd get clearer vision for plan in the proposal or I shall proceed with the proposal directly.
> 
> Best regards,
>