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_Knowledge prerequisite:_ python, flask, sqlalchemy and some ideas about packaging
_Contacts:_ link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:abompard[Aurélien Bompard]
_Mentor(s):_ link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:abompard[Aurélien Bompard]
_Notes:_ fresque aims at providing a dedicated application for package (RPM) reviews. This would be integrate with a git backend and integrates the fedora-review tool for automatic testing of new reviews and changes.
Patch Tracker
_Summary of idea:_ One of Fedoras goals as a distribution is link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/staying_close_to_upstream_projects[staying close to upstream projects]. However, sometimes it is necessary for Fedora packages to deviate from upstream, for example if upstream is dead or if a fix is backported to an older release. Also other distributions sometimes carry patches that are not submitted upstream but fix bugs also present in Fedora packages. Therefore it is interesting for Fedora packagers or packagers of other distributions to get easy access to information about patches. Fedora already contains a web app, that shows information about patches in Fedora, for example the https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/ipython/sources/[patches for the ipython package]. However, this is not a designated app to make the patch information as useful as possible and does not contain support for other distros. Debian used to provide a https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/users/seanius/patch-tracker.git/tree/[patch tracker] that is currently offline due to a missing maintainer. For other distributions, there only http://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/distro-patches[manual methods] to find out about patches. Therefore the idea is to create a web application with the purpose to make it easier for others to find patches in Fedora and to make it easier for Fedora maintainers to find patches in other distributions. FedoraCreate/adjust a webapp to track patches that are used in Fedora and other distributions
_Knowledge prerequisite:_ Python programming, web application development
_Contacts:_ link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:till[Till Maas]
_Mentor(s):_ link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:till[Till Maas]
_Notes:_ Potential features:
Show a clear overview for patches in Fedora for a certain package
Link to bugs that were mentioned, extract key information from the bug
Allow to get notifications for new patches, e.g. via fedmsg
Allow to get information about patches for the package in other distros
Try to figure out if patches are already upstream
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Rough potential roadmap:
Get the debian patch tracker running on a test system, maybe with some example debian packages
Port it for one example Fedora package
Port it to a modern web framework such as Flask or Pyramid
Make sure it is PEP8 compliant
Make it generic to work for Fedora and Debian
Add feature to patches that are present only in Fedora or Debian
Add more distros, e.g. OpenSUSE, Arch, Ubuntu, Gentoo
Add more features
Basic requirements:
Target platform is RHEL/CentOS7 with EPEL
All dependencies should be available on the target platform as RPM packages or possible to be packaged (e.g. requiring newer versions of packages already included in the target platform might not be easily possible)
It needs to be possible to package the final project for Fedora/EPEL, i.e. there may not be bundled libraries included
The code needs to be PEP8 compliant and contain proper docstrings
Proper automtatic tests should be included to allow meaningful continuous integration

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