Request for Information : GSoC 2020 Aspirant

[SAPTARSHI MUKHERJEE]

Hi Sir,

Thanks a lot for the info provided. I've started working on the document.
Having developed some understanding and interest in the language TCL, I'm
in the process of figuring out ways of *Improving the Command Line Tool
UX, *and am enthusiastic to share the same by means of *draft proposals*.
May kindly let me know the *best way to share* the same; should I maintain
a Google Doc restricting the access to selected people and share over mail
publicly, or should I use a different platform for submission.

Also if you would like me to try out some *related issues* and submit
some *pull
requests*, may please let me know; I'll be glad in trying them out.

Thanks and Regards,
Yours Sincerely,
*Saptarshi Mukherjee,*
*Chairperson, Students' Senate,*
*IIT Bhilai.*


On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:36 PM Jackson Isaac <ijackson at macports.org>
wrote:

> Hi Saptarshi,
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 11:08 PM SAPTARSHI MUKHERJEE
> <saptarshim at iitbhilai.ac.in> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Welcome to The MacPorts Project!
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> You may also look at our introductory video on code base[1] for some
> more insights.
>
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> If you already have a good understanding of the code and have ideas,
> feel free to already draft the application and submit in the portal,
> in this way you can get early feedback from the (potential) mentors.
>
> [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46qshiDskrM
>
> --
> Jackson Isaac
>
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