Re: GNUstep repository (was LinuxSTEP + Integration of apps)

[Stefan Urbanek]

On 2003-01-05 18:52:05 +0100 Tim Harrison <tim@linuxstep.org> wrote:

> Stefan Urbanek wrote:
>
> > What about having something like distributed package lists? For example there 
> > should be one http://packages.gnustep.org/Packages.plist
>
> [snip]
>
> > I have no time to implement this, but if there is anyone who is interested, 
> > just write me. Or I should put something on the gnustep wiki pages.
>
> This type of system has been implemented, actually.  This is VERY similar to 
> how LSPM (LinuxSTEP Package Manager) works.  Of course, considering I just got 
> out of bed, I haven't the mental capacity to find the appropriate 
> documentation, but if you download the LSCodeCore from the website, you can see 
> how it works.  Eric Sammer, as the author, would definitely be better able to 
> respond to this, as well.  LSPM is his magic.

Well, as far as I have read the LSPM documentation and seen some LSPM examples, 
it is not so similar, just the idea of package management and dependencies. I 
was speaking about something more than that. I was thinking not just about a 
package repositories and their mirrors, but model similar to those file sharing 
networks like gnutella, with added some kind of 'trust' for the reasons I have 
mentioned in my mail.

Moreover I haven't seen something like ability to install LSPM packages by 
ordinary users into their home domain.

Also I was mentioning something more than just plain package management, like 
making it transparent to the user sometimes (when installing some apps or 
required not-installed services).
See http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Package%20Management.

From the documentation it seems to me that LSPM is just basic traditional 
package management, or I have missed something. (This does not mean, that I 
think of LSPM as bad)

Stefan