> On Mar 23, 2017, at 9:08 PM, Jackson Isaac <ijack...@macports.org> wrote: > > Hi Umesh, > > > First of all, Welcome to The MacPorts Project. We are always happy to > see new developers around.
Yes, welcome. > On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 4:30 AM, Umesh Singla <umeshksin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> As we discussed on IRC, I've been looking into the project "Add migrate >> action to port command" and hoping to submit a draft proposal very soon. >> I'll need your help in putting up a nice proposal for sure. >> > > Submitting a draft early is a good idea so that we could guide you > well in time. We had submitted a template for proposal on the > summerofcode.withgoogle.com page. Let me know if you are unable to > access it. > >> I'm currently trying to acquaint myself with the MacPorts codebase and came >> across the Macports guide [0]. Thanks for keeping such guides for newbies. >> The project description points to a migration instruction guide [1], >> automating which is more or less the goal of the project, am I right? >> >> Since final submission deadline is close, I'll be grateful if someone can >> point me in the right direction for now and not waste time fiddling around. >> >> Also, @Jackson, I'm not able to find any discussion about this project on >> mailing list threads. Can you link me to them? I think they'll help me in >> understanding the need and expected outcomes by the community from this >> project and might give a better insight into the project. >> > > It was in macports-users (I thought it was posted on macports-dev, > took me some time to search :P) > https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-users/2017-March/042837.html > >> @pixilla, if we need to discuss, what'd be the best time according to your >> timezone? >> > > Pixilla, > > Could you please guide the student on migration tool project. Yes. I am short on time today. Umesh , what timezone are you and what hours are you generally available for online chat or IRC? I am UTC-8. If we can set some standard times to communicate that would be a good start. > Let us know if you face any issue(s). Jackson, will do, thank you for your leadership. — Brad
