[Soc-coordination] Declarative Diversions - Report 4

[Ana Guerrero]

Hi Sam,

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 01:31:22PM +0100, Sam Dunne wrote:
> DECLARATIVE DIVERSIONS
> ======================
> 
> REPORT 4 - 30th July 2011
> -------------------------
> This is the forth report for declarative diversions for debian as part
> of Google Summer of Code.
> 
> 
> WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE LAST TIME
> ---------------------------------
> A lot has happened since my last report. For the most part near all the code has
> been written. I have spent a lot of time writing this code, testing it and
> trying to debug it. However, Steve, Guillem and Raphaël have helped a great deal
> and without them there is no way my code would be as advanced as it is.

This report covers a whole month, could you please be more specific about what
you have done instead of "a lot has happened" ? :)

Thanks,
Ana


> PLANS FOR THE COMING FUTURE
> ---------------------------
> The plans for the next week is to integrate the code Guillem repurposed from
> parse.c to do the parsing for our diversion control files. Once this has been
> achieved I will have a good look at using the existing diversions structure to
> store the linked lists etc. However at this point I think my structure
> may be the
> best option as it is a lot easier to use/implement. But this will have to be
> discussed furthur.
> Hopefully all of the above will be achieved this week along with any testing we
> need to do.
> 
> 
> WHAT I FOUND HARD
> -----------------
> What I have found difficult up to now has been linked lists. I have used them in
> college but briefly and they weren't explained very well. Steve has been a great
> help with this concept and I would now say I understand it quite well.
> 
> 
> WHAT HAS GONE WELL
> ------------------
> The past week has been the best week of the program so far. Code and concepts
> seem to be falling in to place a lot better than the previous weeks
> and I believe
> that I have made good progress.
> 
> 
> CONTACT ME
> ----------
> Anyone who wishes to discuss the project with me can either mail me through
> the mailing list, catch me on IRC (SCD[Eire]) or email me at
> sam.dunne101 at gmail.com
> 
> My blog:    http://blog.sam-dunne.com
> My Github:  https://github.com/samdunne/dpkg-diversions
> 
> My code is located in '/lib/dpkg' in the 'testing' branch of my code. The files
> are 'divert.c' and 'divert.h'
> 
> *Note* - You will have to also checkout '/lib/dpkg/div_test/' folder for my code
> to work
> 
> 
> BRIEF NOTE TO GUILLEM
> ---------------------
> This is *finally* plain text :P
> 
> 
> Until next time,
> ~Sam
> 
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