Re: Package system

[Bill Denney]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, John W. Eaton wrote:

> I have a few comments:
>
>  * The remaining functions currently have the following names
>
>      installed_packages.m
>      load_packages.m
>      uninstall.m
>      get_unsatisfied_deps.m
>      install.m
>
>    Maybe we should have just one command?
>
>      pkg -list
>      pkg -install -nodeps pkg-name ...
>      pkg -uninstall nodeps pkg-name ...
>      pkg -require pkg-name ...
>
>    or multiple names, but all starting with pkg:
>
>      pkg_list
>      pkg_install
>      pkg_uninstall
>      pkg_require (or pkg_load)
>
>    If the get_unsatisfied_deps is not intended to be called by
>    users, then it should have a name like __pkg_uninstalled_deps__.

Perhaps for pkg_list, it could be implemented like matlab's ver command?

Bill

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