Request for Information : GSoC 2020 Aspirant

[SAPTARSHI MUKHERJEE]

Dear Sir/Ma'am,

I shortly started voyaging through the documentation on MacPorts, which
seemed quite interesting to me. I'm Saptarshi Mukherjee, a 3rd Year
Undergraduate at IIT Bhilai in Computer Science and Engineering, and an
enthusiast to contribute to MacPorts in *GSoC 2020. *

In the first place, I'm absolutely new to tcl and am feeling a need to know
the language so as to have a clear understanding of the open-source codes.
Having confessed that, I'd however add that I've looked at some files,
acquired some overview, and then read some info about the issue
concerning "*port
reclaim*". Having got some understanding of the current requirement in
that context, I hereby express my interest to contribute to that issue. I
could perceive the need to retain the build-related ports which are
currently being overlooked by the reclaim.tcl code, when checking for
leaves. Apart from that, the task of "*Improving the Command Line UX*" was
also interesting and seized my attention to try my hands on.

Considering the fact that time is quite short with only 9-10 days remaining
for the application, I'd sincerely request for some directions on how I
should get going; whether I should read about tcl and revert with a
concrete understanding of the code, or I should try crafting and suggesting
innovative solutions (related to known data structures and relevant
architectural models) and pseudo-codes for implementations of the
aforementioned tasks. Any guidance would be highly appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,
Yours Sincerely,
*Saptarshi Mukherjee,*
*IIT Bhilai.*
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