#3860 - GSoC enquiries

[Gedare Bloom]

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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