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Re: Sexy Package Management?

From: Steve Youngs <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Sexy Package Management?
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:06:33 +1000
Organization: The SXEmacs Project
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* Johann G Oskarsson <johann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

  > Hynek Schlawack writes:
  >> * Steve Youngs <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  >> 
  >> > I envisage a SXEmacs packaging system that is radically different from
  >> > what XEmacs has.  I'll give you a hint, it'll have a PostgreSQL DB
  >> > behind it.
  >> 
  >> Ehm, that doesn't mean, that XEmacs will have psql as a dependency, does
  >> it?

  > I'd think not, 

Think again.

  > I don't envision anything of the sort.  

Good thing that it's me doing the envisaging then, huh?

  > For management purposes, yes, I think that'd be a good thing, 

Yep.

  > but for plain download, ftp should suffice ;)

One of the things the Postgres DB will tell the client is where and
_how_ to download a package.  If you can think of a way to download a
package, the SXEmacs package manager will handle it.

But I don't have time to go into any details right now.  This type of
thing can wait.

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