Jackson Isaac GSoC 2015

[GSoC 2015] Week 1: Create libsolv bindings for Tcl


Hola amigos, 1stWeek: 25stMay, 2015 - 31stMay, 2015 Now we are into the coding phase of GSoC 2015. First we finished going through the pysolv, python bindings of libsolv which helped us a lot to understand what all stuff libsolv can do for us. We had to find a way for the libsolv to work … Continue reading [GSoC 2015] Week 1: Create libsolv bindings for Tcl

Jackson Isaac GSoC 2015, Open Source

[GSoC 2015] Community Bonding


Hola amigos, Google Summer of Code results were announced on 27th April, 2015 and I was one of the selected students. After the results the "Community Bonding" period starts till 25th May, 2015. What is Community Bonding? In Community Bonding, we get to know more about the project, mentor(s), other developers, etc. It is a … Continue reading [GSoC 2015] Community Bonding

Jackson Isaac GSoC 2015, Open Source

GSoC 2015: The MacPorts Project


Hola amigos, I am happy to announce that I have been selected for GSoC 2015 as a student developer with 'The MacPorts Project'. My project is titled "MacPorts: Improve Dependency Calculation using SAT solver.". The proposal can be found here. I will be posting all the weekly updates over here, and also document everything. So … Continue reading GSoC 2015: The MacPorts Project

Jackson Isaac Foss, Mac OS X, Open Source

[How To]: Installing MacPorts on Mac OS X


Hola Amigos, I have blogged about installing brew package manager previously. Today I am going to show how to install MacPorts. What is MacPorts? MacPorts is an open source package manager for Mac OS X. It makes fetching, compiling and installing open source packages on Mac OS X easy. It is recommended that you use … Continue reading [How To]: Installing MacPorts on Mac OS X