apt: Todo List

apt 2.7.10 commandline package manager

Todo List

Module acquire
  Acquire supports inserting an object into several queues at once, but it is not clear what its behavior in this case is, and no subclass of pkgAcquire::Item seems to actually use this capability.
Member CacheSetHelper::PackageFromString (PackageContainerInterface *const pci, pkgCacheFile &Cache, std::string const &pattern)
  hm, hm, regexp/fnmatch incompatible?
Member CommandLine::GetCommand (Dispatch const *const Map, unsigned int const argc, char const *const *const argv) APT_PURE
  How like is it that an option parameter will be also a valid Match ?
Member debReleaseIndex::Load (std::string const &Filename, std::string *const ErrorText) APT_OVERRIDE
  find better tag name
Member edspListParser::ParseStatus (pkgCache::PkgIterator &Pkg, pkgCache::VerIterator &Ver) APT_OVERRIDE
  Using an overriding pin is wrong.
Member MMap::Map (FileFd &Fd)
  Writing to compressed fd's ?
Member PackageManagerFancy::GetTerminalSize ()
  get from "child_pty" instead?
Member PackageManagerProgressDeb822Fd::StartDpkg () APT_OVERRIDE
  use SetCloseExec here once it taught about throwing
Member PackageManagerProgressFd::StartDpkg () APT_OVERRIDE
  use SetCloseExec here once it taught about throwing
Member pkgAcqDiffIndex::ParseDiffIndex (std::string const &IndexDiffFile)
  all of pdiff supports only .gz compressed patches
Member pkgAcqDiffIndex::pkgAcqDiffIndex (pkgAcquire *const Owner, pkgAcqMetaClearSig *const TransactionManager, IndexTarget const &Target) APT_NONNULL(2
  Magic number as an upper bound on pdiffs we will reasonably acquire
Class pkgAcqIndex
  Why does pkgAcqIndex have protected members?
Member pkgAcqIndexDiffs::available_patches
  These are indexed by sha1sum; why not use some sort of dictionary instead of relying on ordering and stripping them off the front?
Class pkgAcqMetaSig
  Why protected members?
Member pkgAcqMetaSig::Failed (std::string const &Message, pkgAcquire::MethodConfig const *const Cnf) APT_OVERRIDE
  this is used often (e.g. in pkgAcqIndexTrans) so refactor
Struct pkgAcquire

  Why so many protected values?

  Why all the protected data items and methods?

  Like everything else in the Acquire system, this has way too many protected items.

Member pkgAcquire::Access
  Doesn't this duplicate Config->Access?
Member pkgAcquire::Bump ()
  Why both this and Cycle()? Are they expected to be different someday?
Member pkgAcquire::Configs
  why a hand-managed config dictionary instead of std::map?
Member pkgAcquire::InReady
  Is this right? It's a guess.
Member pkgAcquire::Items
  why a by-hand list instead of an STL structure?
Member pkgAcquire::ItemStart (QItem *Itm, unsigned long long Size)
  Unimplemented. Implement it or remove?
Member pkgAcquire::Next
  Why not an STL container?
Member pkgAcquire::NextQueue
  This is always NULL; is it just for future use?
Member pkgAcquire::OutQueue
  Wouldn't a std::dequeue be more appropriate?
Member pkgAcquire::OutReady
  Is this right?
Member pkgAcquire::Queues
  why a hand-managed list of queues instead of std::list or std::set?
Member pkgAcquire::RunMessages ()
  Several message types lack separate handlers.
Member pkgAcquire::Workers

  why a hand-managed list of workers instead of std::list or std::set?

  This is plural because support exists in Queue for multiple workers. However, it does not appear that there is any way to actually associate more than one worker with a queue.

  Why not just use a std::set?

Class pkgAcquireStatus
  Why protected members?
Member pkgAcquireStatus::MediaChange (std::string Media, std::string Drive)=0
  This is a horrible blocking monster; it should be CPSed with prejudice.
Member pkgCache< Str, Itr >::DescFile::Size
  document pkgCache::DescFile::Size
Member pkgCache< Str, Itr >::Description::FileList
  document pkgCache::Description::FileList
Member pkgCache< Str, Itr >::PackageFile::Flags
  document PackageFile::Flags
Member pkgCache< Str, Itr >::PackageFile::IndexType
  enumerate at least the possible indexes
Member pkgCache< Str, Itr >::ReleaseFile::Flags
  document PackageFile::Flags
Member pkgCache< Str, Itr >::VerFile::Size
  document pkgCache::VerFile::Size
Member pkgCacheGenerator::MakeStatusCache (pkgSourceList &List, OpProgress *Progress, MMap **OutMap, pkgCache **OutCache, bool AllowMem=false)
  deprecate the ignored AllowMem parameter
Member pkgCdrom::Add (pkgCdromStatus *log)
  We ignore stat() errors here as we usually have only one of those in use
Member pkgDepCache::GetRootSetFunc ()
  Is this the best place for this function? Perhaps the settings for mark-and-sweep should be stored in a single external class?
Member pkgDepCache::Policy::IsImportantDep (DepIterator const &Dep) const
  this is a meant as a temporary solution until the
Member pkgDPkgPM::Go (APT::Progress::PackageManager *progress) APT_OVERRIDE
  workaround for dpkg bug, see our ./test-bug-740843-versioned-up-down-breaks test
Member pkgDPkgPM::OpenLog ()
  use a better string after freeze
Member pkgDPkgPM::ProcessDpkgStatusLine (char *line)

  2: is "pkgname" here reliable with dpkg only sending us

  this needs a muliarch testcase

Member pkgPackageManager::EarlyRemove (PkgIterator Pkg, DepIterator const *const Dep) APT_MUSTCHECK

  Message should talk about Protected, not Essential, and unified.

  Unify messaging with Protected below.

Member pkgProblemResolver::ResolveInternal (bool const BrokenFix=false)

  we should undo the complete MarkInstall process here

  use DoUpgrade(Pkg) instead?

Member pkgSrcRecords::Parser::BuildDepends (std::vector< BuildDepRec > &BuildDeps, bool const &ArchOnly, bool const &StripMultiArch=true)=0
  Add a parameter to specify which architecture to use for [wildcard] matching
Member pkgSystem::MultiArchSupported () const =0
  these methods should be virtual
Member SigVerify::CopyAndVerify (std::string CDROM, std::string Name, std::vector< std::string > &SigList, std::vector< std::string > PkgList, std::vector< std::string > SrcList)

  delete any existing gpg file?

  delete any existing gpg file?

Member StateChanges::Save (bool const DiscardOutput=false)
  supported only since 1.17.7 in dpkg