From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2003-04-08T23:51:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Call for standardised package installation procedure

On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, 12:19:42 AM, Gavin wrote:

> A solution that doesn't serve the entire Ruby community is not a good
> solution at all.

In fact, YAML and FreePAN are encouraging examples of what can be
achieved when we look *beyond* the Ruby community.  Perl, Python and
Ruby need package managers.  Perl already has CPAN, but it's due for a
rethink.  Python: dunno.  Ruby: we're a bit behind.

There's no reason all three languages can't have exactly the same
package manager specification.

> Now, I wonder how FreePAN is going? :)

Just looked at the website, and it seems that a good amount of
infrastructure is in place, and the content from the RAA is copied
across.  Not much indication of what is to come, though.

  www.freepan.org