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[pacman-dev] [PATCH 1/2] pacman: pacman-conf: removed hputs macro for usage display
by Matthew Sexton 08 Sep '19

08 Sep '19

From: Matthew Sexton <WSDMatty(a)gmail.com> Using the macro got in the way of _() macro for translation All the macro did was make it so the writer didn't have to type \n", stream); at the end of every line. --- src/pacman/pacman-conf.c | 24 +++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c b/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c index df874029..d9e596b8 100644 --- a/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c +++ b/src/pacman/pacman-conf.c @@ -37,19 +37,17 @@ static void cleanup(void) static void usage(int ret) { FILE *stream = (ret ? stderr : stdout); -#define hputs(x) fputs(x"\n", stream) - hputs("pacman-conf - query pacman's configuration file"); - hputs("usage: pacman-conf [options] [<directive>...]"); - hputs(" pacman-conf (--repo-list|--help|--version)"); - hputs("options:"); - hputs(" -c, --config=<path> set an alternate configuration file"); - hputs(" -R, --rootdir=<path> set an alternate installation root"); - hputs(" -r, --repo=<remote> query options for a specific repo"); - hputs(" -v, --verbose always show directive names"); - hputs(" -l, --repo-list list configured repositories"); - hputs(" -h, --help display this help information"); - hputs(" -V, --version display version information"); -#undef hputs + fputs("pacman-conf - query pacman's configuration file\n", stream); + fputs("usage: pacman-conf [options] [<directive>...]\n", stream); + fputs(" pacman-conf (--repo-list|--help|--version)\n", stream); + fputs("options:\n", stream); + fputs(" -c, --config=<path> set an alternate configuration file\n", stream); + fputs(" -R, --rootdir=<path> set an alternate installation root\n", stream); + fputs(" -r, --repo=<remote> query options for a specific repo\n", stream); + fputs(" -v, --verbose always show directive names\n", stream); + fputs(" -l, --repo-list list configured repositories\n", stream); + fputs(" -h, --help display this help information\n", stream); + fputs(" -V, --version display version information\n", stream); cleanup(); exit(ret); } -- 2.23.0

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[pacman-dev] Proposed Changelog Feature
by Hong Shick Pak 07 Sep '19

07 Sep '19

Hello! I noticed that PKGBUILD supports a 'changelog=' field to specify a file that contains release notes for that package and this is query-able via 'pacman -Qc <package>'. A lot of software these days maintain a CHANGELOG.md or NEWS file that keeps track of notable changes across versions (including pacman). Would it be possible for the PKGBUILD to allow users to specify a file to set for 'changelog=' relative to $srcdir? Of all the packages installed on my system, only 'terraform' and 'powertop' have a changelog set. This change would make it extremely trivial for package maintainers to specify a changelog file if one exists for a project. I think it would be a nice QoL win for Arch users if more packages took advantage of this feature. Let me know if there's an official RFC process for changes! I was not able to find any evidence of one. Hong

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[pacman-dev] Starting Pacman development
by Matthew Sexton 07 Sep '19

07 Sep '19

What are some tasks that someone could tackle to get familiar with the project? I am familiar with C, and have perused Pacman bugs and source. But I don't feel like I know the application enough to really be helpful. And I don't really know where to start. Thank you, WSDMatty

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