From: Jim Freeze Date: 2003-05-08T10:09:39+09:00 Subject: Re: Package management [was Re: A wishlist for a "Ruby Standard Library"] On Thursday, 8 May 2003 at 0:21:54 +0900, Rasputin wrote: > * Aredridel [030507 11:08]: > > > Same here. But I think that part of the reason we're moving toward a > > > 'fat' distribution (rubysumo) is because we haven't been able to agree on > > > an installation standard. There are solutions out there (raainstall and > > > rpkg come to mind) but as a community we can't seem to agree on which > > > system to use and on how to deal with dependencies. There are proposals > > > out there and in some cases people have written 'proof-of-concept' code, > > > but nothing much happens in this department. > > > > What if one takes the same tack that package-managed distributions took > > -- apply the packaging externally? > > I think I mentioned this once before, but the BSD package system > approach is simple and elegant, I think. Sean Chittenden has started a pkg mngmnt system based on the ports. I don't know the state of it. I think you can mail him at sean@chittenden.org -- Jim Freeze ---------- Good news is just life's way of keeping you off balance.