From: Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>
Date: 2002-09-05T23:07:44+09:00
Subject: Re: rpkg questions

On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 07:05:29AM +0900, Patrick May wrote:
> first of all, rpkg == mana from heaven!!!
> 
> I was thinking about the package manager problem yesterday, and I had
> a few questions / ideas:
> 
> + What is the status of rpkg?  

The one online (http://www.allruby.com/rpkg) works.  I'm not
developing it anymore, only doing bugfixes.

As for the one I'm rewriting: the fetch/build/pack/unpack operations
work (many niceties have been added like cvs integration and automatic
building); the database management code has not been rewritten yet;
I'm working on the dependency handling code.

> How old is it,

[ANN] rpkg 0.1 (long)
ruby-talk:30749
10 Jan 2002

> how actively is it being developed?

The only actively developed ruby project in a busy life. :-)
 
> + When I was bouncing ideas around, I thought that some kind of
> integration with RAA would be an important feature for such a utility.
>  Perhaps the RAA could fill out the fields of an entry from an
> uploaded rpt, and rpkg could query RAA for packages?

The biggest priority is a flat database of available packages that can
be downloaded/rsynced, then queried offline, like Debian's.

I don't plan integrating rpkg with the current RAA, I'm afraid that
would be kludgy at best.  As an online service (for when the flat
database part will be in place) I'm considering LDAP.

> It is very exciting to see holes in the process of being filled, nice
> work!

:-)

Massimiliano