From: Thomas Sawyer <lists@...>
Date: 2012-07-23T20:10:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Anyone interested in a Package Manager in Ruby?

I just came across this thread, as old as it is, I'd like to contribute.

I worked on such a project back 2003/2004 called Baker. I still have the 
code laying around here, but I abandoned the project mainly b/c its a 
hell of a lot work and I had too many other things to deal with. Little 
known fact, "Recipes" was a term I coined that was picked up by 
GoboLinux Compile system, which was new then. (Get it? "Baker" used 
"Recipes"). Like the suggested Ruby-Build-Tools, Baker used YAML to 
store package information.

While I think there is merit in a language independent system, it would 
have to justify the effort when GoboLinux's shell-based scripts are 
already so extensive. However, that doesn't mean a new system can't 
support a new way and not support the old "legacy" formats too.

Also, I had no idea that this is what homebrew was all about. Not being 
a MacOS user I never bothered to have a look. I am surprised. Now I 
think maybe  Baker had more potential then I realized when I gave it up. 
But then, that was well before EC2, GitHub and all that jazz.

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