Remove old TODO lists
These had not been touched since 2007 and had lost most of their relevance. The bug tracker is a better place for the filing of ideas. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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== This is my custom TODO file ==
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* transaction object should contain two package list (install and remove)
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instead of a single list of syncpkgs - this should allow us to get rid of that
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type. This also requires seperate functionality to return a list of
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"replaces" packages to the front end, so the frontend can handle the QUESTION()
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stuff in that case
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* libalpm -> front end communication needs a work-up. Both progress functions
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can be combined into one callback, IFF we adjust it to accept a prefix string
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for the progress bars, and format it at the lib side. Question functions
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should also do the same - create the string at the library side, and simply
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call some sort of int yes_no = ask_question("Do foo with bar?");
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* move logging (alpm_logaction) out of the library. log files should be
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written by the app, not the library. Adding a PM_LOG_* constant that
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frontends can recognize and send to a file is probably a good idea.
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* clear up list allocation/deallocation - some lists need to be free'd, some
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do not and there is no clear indication WHEN this should happen.
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* remove DB entries (directories) on a read error?
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* Add a pm_errstr error string, which will allow us to do things like:
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pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE;
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pm_errstr = archive_error_string(archive);
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or:
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pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBDOWNLOAD;
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pm_errstr = downloadLastErrString;
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This way we don't break abstraction when returning specific errors in
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cases like the above.
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* pacman: A LOT of functions are way too long. There should be an upper limit of
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100-200 lines. _alpm_add_commit is around 600 lines, and is far too complex.
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* pacman: fixup doxygen documentation for public interface
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* feature for 3.1: package file hooks *
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I've been planning on this one for some time. Here's a simple rundown:
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in /etc/pacman.d/hooks:
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Hook /usr/include/* : /usr/bin/ctags -R /usr/include/*.h -f /usr/include/systags
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This will allow us to make "global hooks" to simplify a lot of repetitive
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install files (scrollkeeper, depmod, etc). This also allows us to move
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ldconfig out of pacman entirely.
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possible: /etc/pacman.hooks/* files for hooks, so packages can add them too
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* feature for 3.1: multiple search/match types
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option: MatchType regex (current way)
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MatchType fnmatch (use fnmatch to match things like 'pacman -S gnome*')
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MatchType plain (no matching. expect plain text).
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* feature for 3.1: revamp the autotools system. I'd LOVE to use a manual system
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like wmii and friends do. It'd be real nice if we could just do away with
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autotools altogether.
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**** BUGS ****
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* Removal of conflicts on -A and -U (INCOMPLETE)
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========
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This is my personal TODO list. No guarantees if it is out of date and things no
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longer apply. If you want to help out with any of it, send me an email.
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Pacman 3.1:
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Downgrade feature - allow users to see cached packages and downgrade to
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(previous or any?) available options.
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Extreme similarity between some of the sync and add code...we have to be able
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to abstract more away from sync actions and add actions to just 'actions'
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(example: sync,c, add.c, and deptest.c all contain a switch on PM_DEP_MOD_*).
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Merge update, add, and sync code when possible, so we reduce duplication.
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Review progress/transaction event subsystem. (from TODO)
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Add Doxygen comments to every function in libalpm including private functions.
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Ensure functions are doing exactly their purpose and nothing more. Find
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functions that perform duplicate behavior and merge them. Combine and refactor
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others. Delete unnecessary functions. Stop keeping everything clustered in
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little add/sync/remove parts, allow transactions to share code.
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Go through options list. Decide if namings are good, all options are still
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relevant, etc. Ideas for -Re (#6273), changing meaning of -c (has two meanings,
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another FS bug), etc. Remove the -A flag and possibly -D, -T, and -Y (-Y is
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killed now in favor of vercmp binary) if they can be done by other actions.
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Possible switch of -U --> -I (#5571).
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Review display and logging functions. There seems to be an abundance of them.
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Make it extensible to use color, review what verbose/debug means. Perhaps
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separate logging functionality- Pacman has its normal log, and alpm backend
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keeps a very simple log file - listing only adds (including syncs) and removes.
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This way a consistency list can be kept of what is currently installed and what
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isn't, without all the logging junk from the front end.
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Profile the code. Find the functions that are being called a lot, and see what
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can be done about it. Find out if all these calls are necessary (e.g. excessive
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alpm_list_count calls), and maybe think about changing data structures to speed
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operations up (e.g. a 'count' field). NOTE: already found two huge issues with
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quick profiling- excessive setlocale calls, and extremely excessive strcmp
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calls.
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Fix other localized issues- use non-printf when necessary. We may need to use
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some wchar_t output on the progress bar as char/byte counts differ here. Sizes
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of packages (e.g. 10,400.23 MB) should all be localized with correct
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seperators.
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Rewrite makepkg to use terminal-safe coloring/bolding. tput utility should
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allow us to do this. Make universal message functions for systemwide use,
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including all pacman utilites- abs, pacman-optimize, etc.
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Bugs/FRs to smash: 6468, 6437, 6430?, 6420, 6404, 6389, 6312?, 6284, 6273?,
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6255?, 6208, 5987, 5885, 5571, 4182, 3492, 2810?, 1769, 1588, 1571
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Update doxygen comments, they may need some work. Try to document all of the
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private internal functions too- it helps a ton for people just getting a
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start on pacman hacking.
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Other smaller things:
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unsigned int vs. unsigned- determine a standard and stick with it
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FS #4185 - move where message is logged, perhaps?
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Update copyrights (2007)
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Update pacman website, and add/finish pacman coding style page
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Refine makepkg error codes. Each kind of failure could have its own code:
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--package already built
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--failed integ checks
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--failed build
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--etc.
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Revamp the downloadprog function a bit. Seems kind of messy.
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--print-uri option to sync should not require saying yes or no to up to date
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Build a replacement for this, or at least standardize its use. We shouldn't
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always need to pass handle->root around, it is constant. Something like char*
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buildpath(file).
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/* build the new entryname relative to handle->root */
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snprintf(filename, PATH_MAX, "%s%s", handle->root, entryname);
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Random ideas:
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Possibly split utilities/extras from pacman package
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Make .indent.pro file for GNU indent (started, but didn't finish)
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