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author | Aaron Griffin <aaron@archlinux.org> | 2007-02-23 02:15:00 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Griffin <aaron@archlinux.org> | 2007-02-23 02:15:00 +0000 |
commit | a474586d15216e7eb04a07c86054cda8c2951bfd (patch) | |
tree | 5615bd44b12be8c244300fab63ba11432a1105dc | |
parent | d584d8c06842cec99bff1e07b565ee0511cfade8 (diff) |
Just some changes to my TODO
-rw-r--r-- | TODO.aaron | 69 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 42 deletions
@@ -19,50 +19,37 @@ to evaluate both a bit more. * src/pacman: - - There's quite a few single function headers which contain the pacman_* - functions. We should move these to a single header (pacman.h) to clean up - the source a bit. - -* lib/libalpm: - - move logging (alpm_logaction) out of the library. log files should be - written by the app, not the library. Adding a PM_LOG_* constant that - frontends can recognize and send to a file is probably a good idea. - - clear up list allocation/deallocation - some lists need to be free'd, some - do not and there is no clear indication WHEN this should happen. - - remove DB entries (directories) on a read error? - - Add a pm_errstr error string, which will allow us to do things like: - pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE; - pm_errstr = archive_error_string(archive); - or: - pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBDOWNLOAD; - pm_errstr = downloadLastErrString; - This way we don't break abstraction when returning specific errors in - cases like the above. + There's quite a few single function headers which contain the pacman_* + functions. We should move these to a single header (pacman.h) to clean up + the source a bit. + +* libalpm -> front end communication needs a work-up. Both progress functions + can be combined into one callback, IFF we adjust it to accept a prefix string + for the progress bars, and format it at the lib side. Question functions + should also do the same - create the string at the library side, and simply + call some sort of int yes_no = ask_question("Do foo with bar?"); + +* move logging (alpm_logaction) out of the library. log files should be + written by the app, not the library. Adding a PM_LOG_* constant that + frontends can recognize and send to a file is probably a good idea. + +* clear up list allocation/deallocation - some lists need to be free'd, some + do not and there is no clear indication WHEN this should happen. + +* remove DB entries (directories) on a read error? + +* Add a pm_errstr error string, which will allow us to do things like: + pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBARCHIVE; + pm_errstr = archive_error_string(archive); + or: + pm_errno = PM_ERR_LIBDOWNLOAD; + pm_errstr = downloadLastErrString; + This way we don't break abstraction when returning specific errors in + cases like the above. * pacman: A LOT of functions are way too long. There should be an upper limit of 100-200 lines. _alpm_add_commit is around 600 lines, and is far too complex. - Quite a lot of this needs to be refactored as we go. - Function list (from Dan McGee): - add.c: - _alpm_add_commit - be_files.c: - _alpm_db_read - _alpm_db_write - conflict.c: - _alpm_checkconflicts - _alpm_db_find_conflicts - package.c: - _alpm_pkg_load (getting a bit long) - remove.c: - _alpm_remove_commit - server.c: - _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal - sync.c: - _alpm_sync_sysupgrade (getting there) - _alpm_sync_prepare - _alpm_sync_commit - * pacman: fixup doxygen documentation for public interface * libalpm: just because a function is in alpm.h doesn't mean it needs to be in @@ -89,5 +76,3 @@ **** BUGS **** * Removal of conflicts on -A and -U (INCOMPLETE) -* pacman: add pactest cases/functionality for all -Q operations and make sure - the output is sane |