Re: [ros-dev] Package Manager

[Robert Köpferl]

I like the Idea of a ROS-Package Manager.

I can think of an infrasturcture where one could update a list and 
gather packageinformation from all over the internet and install random 
apps hosted by theirs creators or sf.net

Steven Edwards wrote:
>   Hi,
>  
>  --- Maarten Bosma <maarten.paul(a)bosma.de> wrote:
>  
> >  As you might remember firk85 and me have started
> > coding a package 
> > manager for ReactOS. More information and a download linkcan be found on 
> > the wiki on http://wiki.reactos.com/PackageManager .
> >
> > Since it is now so far that it is at least a bit useful, I'd like to ask 
> >   what you think of adding it to the svn-tree ? 
>  
>  
>  MSI already does everything you want to do. Add support for loading MSI packages by
> developing
>  your application on Windows and then it should work in ReactOS as we share msi.dll and
> msiexec
>  with wine. Vendors can already use Wix to package thier applications. For bonus points
> make it tie
>  in nicely with NSIS.
>  
>  Thanks
>  Steven
>  
>  
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