Re: package manager thoughts

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> Since we are in wait mode for the new updated documents,
> I wanted to see what everyone's opinions, thoughts were
> on some issues.
>=20
> 1. XML and its use as a package manager(pm)?

I think XML is fantastic if it is machine generated and machine read but
not ideal if you need to edit it manually.

> 2. What new features must the pm have?

Licensing control.
I like the idea of having licences implemented as packages. This way you
leverage the packaging system to implement licensing. You simply make a
given software-package dependent on a given license-package. When the
license-package dependency is met the user can be presented with an
intelligent response such as "Do you accept this license" or even in a
more commercial setting "Your license is out of date..." or even "Please
type in your credit-card details to purchase this license" - well that
kind of thing. Also you might want to vito software-packages if the
licence-package is not installed on the system. ZyNot development shops
for instance may want to ensure developers only work to 'in-house'
license-packages and maybe a couple of others like apache or LGPL. This
way they are protected by an automated system from developing against
libraries that would compromise their business model.

> 3. What would be nice features for the pm?

=46rom IRC roovis pointed out the dilemma of servicing a LAN. My thoughts
are that if the PM is going to have pluggable front end (there has been
discussion to this effect) then one route might be to develop a PM
Server front-end. So you could do /etc/init'd/pm start on one machine
and it could sit there listening for requests on the LAN and deliver
compiled packages for local installation. Once a day (configurable) it
could do an 'zymerge sync' to update. If the new PM dealt with cross
compilation this might also be a good thing for mobile devices and
heterogeneous environments servicing low powered machines.




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