Hello,

Well that ´s version 0.1 of the code. New features will be added in the next 
version. Please tell me if you have ideas for features which should be included 
in the next version.
The code will be cleaned up and improved in the next weeks...

I will come back with version 0.2 soon with cleaned up code and new features. 
Eventually portsu will then find a place in the official tree.

Thanks 

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: owner-po...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-po...@openbsd.org] Im Auftrag von 
Marc Espie
Gesendet: Montag, 7. März 2011 12:49
An: ports@openbsd.org
Betreff: Re: WG: Port for portsu (port management utility)

On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 11:58:32AM +0100, david.rupprech...@dotlike.net wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> may i ask someone with CVS-access to test and put 
> www.dotlike.net/ddl/releases/portsu-0.1-port.tar.gz on CVS?
> Thanks a lot.

Look, just because there is a bit of constructive criticism in my emails 
doesn't mean that I agree with what you're trying to do.

First, I don't see any interesting features in your code.

Second, you're writing a tool in a compiled language, something the basic 
infrastructure tries very hard to avoid, because it's so much simpler to have 
scripts you don't need to compile (and they're easier to look at).

Also, your basic code is quite crappy. And rather long. And duplicates a lot of 
things we are doing.

So, if you want to keep playing and improving your programming skills, and heck 
discovering a bit of OpenBSD by doing that stuff, that's fine. It's your time, 
and you can have fun with it.

But don't have any expectations as far as getting stuff into the official tree. 
Ingo pointed out why tools that go in opposite direction to the official work 
are a very bad idea. That, and the current subpar quality of your code mean 
you're a long way away from contributing to the project.

By all means, don't get discouraged and keep learning.

I think it's nice that people experiment and try new stuff. Just don't expect 
your first attempts to be picked up.

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