30 Jan
2006
30 Jan
'06
10:07 p.m.
Transparently supporting multiple compression formats would solve
the various opinions here I think. I see no reason to limit the
"package" manager to using only packages. It would be nice if it
supported packages as well as "ports" (ports as in a recipe file that
would have instructions for retrieving/building/installing apps). Add to
that repository support with user definable locations on the net or
local and you have one complete software management system :). Some
people seem to think XML is to heavy for this (it doesn't bother me).
There is a much lighter weight alternative available called YAML more
information about YAML can be found here: http://www.yaml.org/
As for the installation part I have no thoughts on it because I
think the package management aspect is much more important. Managing the
database of installed software etc... It would also be nice if when
upgrading configuration files were merged and only if a conflict arises
would the user need to intervene, maybe there could be an option in the
package/script to specify if this is safe to do or not and if its not
safe then a backup (backups should be made with the merge as well) is
made and the user notified that they need to update/check their settings.
just a few thoughts...
dralnix
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