Re: OpenPackages update

I'll do what I can, and help would be nice.

How about this for a procedure:

- do an anonCVS checkout of OP
- bootstrap install it
- create some an OP pkgsrc/ file that specifies ARK, with its dependency
  on Python
- Use OP to fetch/build/install ARK
- Find out how to "play nice" between ARK and OP.

Hmm, I have to choose between "op" and "openpackages" (or something
Completely Different).  Tricky...

More in a different message.

H
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> Harlan writes:
> 
> > OP is a portable implementation of the auto-dependency,
> > -download, -patch, -configure, -build, and binary
> > packaging system used by the *BSD projects.
> 
> I agree with Harlan that this is potentially Very Cool!
> 
> > The last time I looked, the "auto fetch" part of ARK was
> > not yet implemented, and there was no great way to handle
> > applying patches to stock distributions.
> 
> Boring reasons, IMO.  The main benefit of OP is if we can
> "subcontract" lots and lots of packaging stuff/details to
> people who really/only/totally care about such things.
> 
> > We're just about at the place where OP will bootstrap
> > itself and pass an initial sandbox test, and I think we're
> > just about ready for some early adopter and tester folks.
> > Any takers?
> 
> I'm game at least to noodle with it.  Here's what I'd
> suggest:
> 
> * Install the initial OP stuff {by hand,outside of ARK land}
> 
> * Create a new team ('op', 'openpackages' ?) and start
>   creating some proto-packages in it; the bare minimum is ...
> 
>   mkdir <op>/package/ALL.xml
> 
>   (You've taken the lead, Harlan, so you get to name the
>   team :-)
> 
> * If you want to start of with it doing Truly Nothing, copy
>   sidai/package/null.xml into it.
> 
> * In your site team, where you currently have (in, say,
>   zsh--4.0.1) ...
> 
>    <prototype team="sidai" name="GNU" />
>    <prototype team="."     name="ALL" />
> 
>   ... change it to:
> 
>    <prototype team="op"    name="ALL" />
>    <prototype team="."     name="ALL" />
> 
> * Try it -- type 'ark package compile zsh--4.0.1'.  Make
>   Jolly Sure that the 'compile' method actually does
>   whatever OP does when it "compiles".  Ditto for other
>   methods.  For any methods that "make no sense" in OP land,
>   just leave them null'd out.
> 
> * If you have to do special OP things in order to build,
>   say, emacs, put the magic in the relevant proto-package,
>   e.g. op/package/emacs.xml  (i.e. the equiv to what we've
>   done in Sidai)
> 
> Once that works, it's just a SMOP to finish the job :-)
> 
> Will
> 
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