Re: [ros-dev] Package Manager

[Steven Edwards]

Hi,

--- Maarten Bosma <maarten.paul(a)bosma.de> wrote:
>   I missed to introduce a concept of the package manager
> here. Packages 
>  are not a Archive file with an instruction for installing like apt 
>  packages. The more an instruction to download the program, that might be 
>    running the setup with a special parameter or downloading an arrive 
>  file with the binaries. That is a little bit of BSD ports or Gentoo Emerge.
>  
>  This is why I think MSI files aren't the right think to replace the 
>  basic based scripts, that are used at the moment. It simply not what 
>  they have been made for. But if the vendor of the application provides a 
>  msi file of cause it can be used; with a "msi"-script-command. 
I think the idea of a central repository containting information on Free(Open) Win32 is a
good
idea. 

Thanks
Steven



		
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