Changes between Version 123 and Version 124 of SummerOfCode

Timestamp:

03/09/10 10:03:31 (3 years ago)

Author:

raimue@…

Comment:

Remove depot-to-depot deps, as that has been obsoleted with the images-and-archive branch

SummerOfCode

@@ -137 +137 @@
 Potential mentor: raimue
 
-==== Images (Pkgview, depot-to-depot dependencies) ==== #images
-
-MacPorts implements what we call the Image mode where software are stored in a depot (e.g. `/opt/local/var/db/dports/software/gawk/3.1.5_2/opt/local/bin/gawk`). For the moment, this functions like an archive and files are hardlinked to their active location (/opt/local/bin/gawk). If port A depends on dynamic library B.dylib from port B, it actually links to /opt/local/lib/B.dylib. The idea of this task is to figure out a way for port A to be linked to the library in the depot and to work even if port B is not active. That is to say that if port foo depends on version 1.2.3 of port bar, it should be compiled and linked in such a way that it's wired to the depot location of bar, not the "activated" location.  That will finally fix the fragility problem where deactivating port bar vers n-1 in order to install port bar vers n (because other things depend on n) won't also require breaking everything that relies on n-1. This mechanism also has additional advantages such as limiting the unavailability time to a minimum, especially when upgrading libraries every other package depends on (such as gettext).
-
-Classification: challenging to very challenging task[[BR]]
-Programming language: Tcl[[BR]]
-Potential mentor: TBD
-
 ==== Portfiles ==== #Portfiles
 
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 Potential mentor: blb
 }}}
+
+
+{{{
+#!comment
+# Removed ideas which do not fit to our plans anymore
+
+# Will be obsolete and no longer be possible with the images-and-archives branch
+==== Images (Pkgview, depot-to-depot dependencies) ==== #images
+
+MacPorts implements what we call the Image mode where software are stored in a depot (e.g. `/opt/local/var/db/dports/software/gawk/3.1.5_2/opt/local/bin/gawk`). For the moment, this functions like an archive and files are hardlinked to their active location (/opt/local/bin/gawk). If port A depends on dynamic library B.dylib from port B, it actually links to /opt/local/lib/B.dylib. The idea of this task is to figure out a way for port A to be linked to the library in the depot and to work even if port B is not active. That is to say that if port foo depends on version 1.2.3 of port bar, it should be compiled and linked in such a way that it's wired to the depot location of bar, not the "activated" location.  That will finally fix the fragility problem where deactivating port bar vers n-1 in order to install port bar vers n (because other things depend on n) won't also require breaking everything that relies on n-1. This mechanism also has additional advantages such as limiting the unavailability time to a minimum, especially when upgrading libraries every other package depends on (such as gettext).
+
+Classification: challenging to very challenging task[[BR]]
+Programming language: Tcl[[BR]]
+Potential mentor: TBD
+}}}