GSoC

[Vibhansh Gupta]

This is great, thank you so much!

On Sun, Mar 8, 2020, 9:06 AM Marcus Calhoun-Lopez <mcalhoun at macports.org>
wrote:

> Greetings Vibhansh,
>
> We are glad to hear about your interest in the MacPorts project.
>
> A few questions.
> Are you familiar with Tcl?
> It is not mandatory, you can pick up what you need fairly quickly.
> Are you familiar with MacPorts?
> Again, it is not mandatory, it just helps to know how much vocabulary we
> can initially use.
>
> I think the best advice I can give at this point is to develop a history
> of code, reliability, and working with other developers.
> Some possible suggestions to get you started:
>
> * You said you were invested in improving the Command Line Tool UX.
>    Perhaps take *one* aspect of that and see if you (with help from other
> developers) can implement it.
>    For example, just adding color (red for errors, yellow for warnings,
> etc.) might be a reasonable place to start.
>
> *  Choose some outdated ports and try to update them [1].
>    Running “port livecheck maintainer:nomaintainer” give a (very long)
> list of outdated unmaintained port.
>    You could try to update a few of them.
>    This would also get you a little more acquainted with Tcl if you are
> not already.
>
> *  Choose some tickets [2] and try to fix them.
>    Some tickets are open for a long time because they are difficult.
>    However, some tickets are still open just because no-one has put any
> effort into fixing them.
>    For example, “Base should know the installed version of the command
> line tools” [3] is fairly easy to fix.
>    There is a PortGroup that already does much of the heavy lifting [4].
>    I just have not gotten around to incorporating the PortGroup into the
> base code.
>
> There are just a few possible options.
> Feel free to contribute your own ideas.
>
> -Marcus
>
> [1] https://trac.macports.org/wiki/SummerOfCode#orphanports
> [2] https://trac.macports.org/report/1?sort=created&asc=0&page=1
> [3] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56318
> [4]
> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/_resources/port1.0/group/cltversion-1.0.tcl
>
> > On Mar 7, 2020, at 3:23 PM, Vibhansh Gupta <vibhanshg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there !
> >
> > I’m Vibhansh. A Tech Enthusiast who has become very interested, after
> reading through the project description and requirements, to work towards
> to goal, "Improving the Command Line Tool UX” (in GSoC 2020 for MacPorts
> and perhaps even further down the road).
> >
> > As for my experience and programming skills, I am glad to inform you
> that I have been working thoroughly in Python for over 2 years now. I know
> that there will be many candidates showing an interest to aim for improving
> the UX but I would like to point out why I would be the better choice. Yes,
> it will probably be true that I may not be the best programmer but why I’d
> be specifically the best choice for this project can be explained in
> twofolds :
> > 1. I am very fluent with understanding code. I pick up coding terms
> quicker than most and can see the structure as well as the code to come to
> the conclusion about what parts are relating to which feature. I think this
> will help me identify the relevant parts for the UX editing.
> > 2. In any project that I pursue, I give the utmost emphasis on creating
> the best User Experience or if it is a Web-based project, I give User
> Interface the most priority. It’s an obsession, really. With that in mind,
> I would like to point out that I will be more than happy to undertake any
> sort of User Experience improvement project for the MacPorts Community.
> >
> > A few tips of guidance would be deeply appreciated as I try to step
> forth and (hopefully) contribute toward’s your goal.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Vibhansh.
>
>
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