> open up a co-ordination page on sourceforge and start a public design > process. do not stick to a religious idea like "it should be written > in C, or in perl". I don't know. I've seem a number of projects fail because they spent too much time on discussion and didn't ever get down to business. I think I'll draft up a design first, then post it for scrutiny. I'll pick the language once the design is set. > if you're really doing it for univ./research institute you will need > some new features, otherwise the tool you're describing is a simple > python/perl wrapper script that provides a common CLI to those tools > that you mention. It would call 'em, UNIX way. I don't plan to work around various package managers: I plan to write one that's so much better that people will make the effort of manually redoing their packages. Also, by "academic", I meant that this project might not get anywhere useful, and that I don't give a damn for compatibility and kludginess. > So you need to give more details on what you want to achieve. Having > some concrete goals is very important in this free software enterprise. I agree, although I'm currently in the process of deciding what will be required of this project, so I get things done right. > > > > So my question is: What do you wish for in a package manager? > > > > That it isn't just a package manager. It should cook the coffee for me. > More importantly: > > It should be re-usable as a library for implementing packages/modules > for PLs· Erm, now I'm getting confused. I assume you mean that this package manager should also be a framework for loadable modules. Isn't that way outside the scope of a package manager? Can you give me an example? > That would make it pretty academic :) As a matter of fact I claimed > to Anthony Towns that I'd rewrite dpkg for a test of skill during > a friendly exchange. That's one of the features I really want > for my future implementation. What do you think? I think "friendly exchange" is an understatement. :-) -- Dwayne C. Litzenberger - dlitz@dlitz.net - Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. - See the mail headers for GPG/advertising/homepage information.
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