It's been over a month since my last entry. Life pretty much had me swamped for the last five weeks, but nevertheless I did get some Plumage work done.
It would be a daunting task to try to go back and remember all the details of the last five weeks, so I've decided to take
a hint from pmichaud and just include my #parrotsketch reports (edited a bit here):
DONE IN PLUMAGE: * Handle fetching over old working dir, including when changing repo types (as partcl did) * Add rx() function for compiling regex strings, until nqp-rx is ready for use * Likewise all_matches() * Various small cleanups * Fix gitoriousparser plugin for dalek-plugins MAD PROPZ: * darbelo++ # help with cleanups * dukeleto++ # plumage source tree reorg * dukeleto++ and Tene++ # plumage test harness and test suite * dukeleto++ and Infinoid++ # gitoriousparser work enabling a parrot-plumage dalek feed EOR DONE IN PLUMAGE: * Dependency handling, including remembering installed projects (not the final paradise, but Good Enough For Now) * Automatically sudo if parrot_bin directory not writable by user * New 'projects' (list known projects) and 'showdeps' (show resolution for all dependencies) commands * Plumage metadata dir can now be overridden by conf file (for testing support) * Several new functions in Glue.pir and Util.nqp * Lots more docs for Glue.pir and Util.nqp * More tasks broken out of my head into TASKS MAD PROPZ: * dukeleto++ # Testing, testing, testing; factor out Util.nqp from main program * darbelo++ # Matrixy metadata (and making it buildable against installed Parrot) EOR DONE: * Improve validation of metadata * Refactoring and function documentation * Much improved Makefile (with automatic Makefile rebuilding) WIP: * import_proto.p6 (Import proto-managed projects into Plumage metadata) * Analyzing discussion surrounding major CPAN META spec upgrade (which is in design phase) MAD PROPZ: * darbelo++ # Plumage's NQP configure brought to other projects * Austin++ # Makefile education BLOCKERS: * import_proto.p6 blocking on proto's installed-modules branch EOR DONE: * Talked at length with Plobsing++ re: current NCI problems * Brain dumped to https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/wiki/NCITasklist WIP: * Converting Plumage to make use of new NQP-rx features * Pushing the envelope of what NQP-rx has * Exchanging feature requests with pmichaud++ via http://wiki.github.com/perl6/nqp-rx/plumage-requests * Moving Glue.pir functionality to Util.nqp where possible * Further expanding Util.nqp to cover more common functionality * Cleaning up and expanding Plumage's test suite NEXT UP: * More of everything in WIP section BLOCKERS: * Several local Plumage branches blocked waiting for various NQP-rx features EOR
So there you have it -- a month of Plumage work, in shorthand. I also finally got around to setting up Perl-specific microblogging accounts on
Twitter and
identi.ca;
I'm japhb on both of them just as I am in #parrot on irc.parrot.org. As always, don't hesitate to drop by and ping me. If you'd like to join the Plumage effort, check out the code in the
Parrot Plumage repository; read the README for the general overview, then come to #parrot to get your questions answered!
