[openbeos] Re: Package Manager Development Proposal
- From: "Jean Schwerer" <j-schwerer@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 03:58:58 +0100
Hi,
>>Here is my suggestion:
>>Have only the members of the community who have experience with at least
>>FOUR of the following: (I only fit the top three)
>>- Windows Update and Install/Uninstall programs
>>- Software Valet
>>- Linux package managers
>>- QNX's package manager
>>- Mac install/uninstall procedures
>>Identify themselves and form a subcommittee and conduct a separate
>>concentrated discussion. Then have them submit sketch designs and specs
>>to the general OBOS community in no more than two weeks. (If not two
>>weeks, then set another deadline. I think a deadline would be important
>>to keep things moving.)
>
>Sounds reasonable. Anyone up for this? Even if there were a couple of people
>with experience with all of these, total (someone with Win/Linux, someone with
>QNX/Mac), that would be great!
As long as you don't request me to get too deeply into that (already have
something cooking
with another team ^_^) I am willing to help discussing those issues. I have
experience with the
BeOS, QNX, Linux, FreeBSD & Windows installation things as a user, plus I have
experience as
a developer with Software Valet (for distributing "OpenTracker.fr" for example)
and InstallShield.
As far as I'm concerned I find the BSD and QNX ones very powerful. I believe
Software Valet is
a very good product too that should be used more ^_^ It provides some
interesting flexibility.
However IMHO it has no clue about what a dependency might be and also lacks
some scripting (I
don't mean including scripts in packages but being able to command package
building through
scripts) :o)
Would also be nice to make sure the package file is "garbage-proof" when moved
through
different filesystems. I hate the "seems the endlines are bad in this file"
error or whatever looked
like it when downloading a pkg to a FAT FS.
Jean
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