[haiku-development] installoptionalpackage source
- From: Joseph Groover <looncraz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:41:19 -0500
Why isn't the source for installoptionalpaclage in the repot?
It is in trunk/data/bin.
I've been reviewing the discussion re: friendlier package installation
and remembered back to something I already did...
I have some old, but largely functional, code from the PackageManager I
was writing for PhOS which should be rather easily "ported" from
LoonCAFE to pure Haiku API. I'd keep the initial mockups in LoonCAFE
until I had a chance to rework the UI, but the UI is just mocked up for
now anyway ( LoonCAFE::UI::Builder is great for that ).
It supports nested categories, package dependencies, variable-length
network package/category IDs, uninstall, updates, category/package
meta-data, and I'm sure there's more. It doesn't have any networking
code, just a NetworkInterface object to be implemented for a given
implementation, so I don't have to worry about working around old
assumptions ( I didn't make ANY ). That said, it remains untested, but
it is a place to have a quick start.
If someone has an idea on how they would like the software depot to be
organized/designed let me know, I have the setup (local Ubuntu server,
and full access to a remote server as well) and most of the skills
needed to make a local setup and to create a functional package
manager. As always, time is the primary issue :-(
--The loon
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