#3860 - GSoC enquiries

[Ida Delphine]

Hello,
Please can you help explain what you mean by *Adding a "check-style" target
to the RTEMS build system*?
And how I could possibly go about this?

Cheers,
Ida

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 9:45 PM Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 1:28 PM Ida Delphine <idadelm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes I have. But wondering how to run it with the given configuration I
> saw in this thread(
> https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2020-October/062770.html).
> >
>
> If you download/copy the configuration into a cfg file, then you can
> use the examples from
> https://github.com/uncrustify/uncrustify#running-the-program and
> attempt to run it on some files within rtems.git/cpukit/score/src
> would be my suggestion.
>
> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 3:37 PM Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Ida,
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 7:36 AM Ida Delphine <idadelm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello,
> >> > Please do you mind telling me how to run uncrustify with the given
> configuration with any sample file?
> >>
> >> What have you tried? Any directions followed/attempted or notes that
> >> you have taken would be helpful.
> >>
> >> I guess all the info that you should need is in Uncrustify's readme
> >> file. https://github.com/uncrustify/uncrustify
> >>
> >> Did you successfully compile uncrustify tool?
> >>
> >> > I'm a bit stuck.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Ida.
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:34 PM Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 2:28 PM Ida Delphine <idadelm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hello,
> >> >> > So I have gone through this configuration file and I think I'm
> getting it. However I'm a bit lost in the reading the messages in the
> thread. Do you mind explaining? Or we can start talking about a way forward.
> >> >> > Also can you help me with some steps on how to test this by myself
> if possible?
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> It may be easier if you go "up" a level to see the full thread
> >> >> context:
> https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2020-October/thread.html#62769
> >> >> Then you can go through the messages non-linearly. Right now, the
> >> >> basic idea is to follow the steps outlined in the open project
> ticket.
> >> >> I think Christian has summarized it nicely in his recent email [1]:
> "I
> >> >> think the contributions from this project that would add value would
> >> >> be:
> >> >> 1. Finding a tool and a configuration that can do an RTEMS style or
> an
> >> >> acceptable close one.
> >> >> 2. Adding a "check-style" target to our build system.
> >> >> 3. Maybe add some kind of script similar to Linux "checkpatch.pl"
> that
> >> >> could check whether patches would need changes _before_ they are
> >> >> applied.
> >> >> "
> >> >>
> >> >> The proposal preparation phase should work through identifying the
> >> >> options and pros/cons for different tools while preparing a plan for
> >> >> how to integrate style checks in 2, 3 and thinking through the coding
> >> >> tasks for the summer.
> >> >>
> >> >> Getting the style checking tool's configuration to match with the
> >> >> RTEMS style will be some effort, and testing it out and submitting
> >> >> some patches based on it could be a good proposal activity also to
> >> >> build some confidence about the tools that will be used.
> >> >>
> >> >> We also have some Python style guidelines that might be worth
> >> >> addressing. Those are harder maybe, since the style refactoring might
> >> >> be challenging to review for correctness.
> >> >>
> >> >> For getting started, I would recommend that you try running
> uncrustify
> >> >> with the given configuration on some files in RTEMS, see what it
> >> >> results in. Play around.
> >> >>
> >> >> [1] https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2021-March/065547.html
> >> >>
> >> >> -Gedare
> >> >>
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> > Ida
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 9:39 PM Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org>
> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> See the related thread, and we'll have to discuss how to move
> forward.
> >> >> >> The existing approach provides an uncrustify script:
> >> >> >> https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2020-October/062769.html
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 9:47 PM Ida Delphine <idadelm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> >> >> > This ticket(https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3860) was proposed
> to me and I'm interested in it for GSoC.
> >> >> >> > The first task there is to find a code checker or formater that
> can produce results that match the RTEMS coding conventions. It also made
> mention some tools have been discussed in the past. Please I will love
> suggestions on possible tools I could use to achieve this.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Cheers,
> >> >> >> > Ida.
> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________
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> >> >> >> > devel at rtems.org
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