From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_FAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C798BC6C for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:45:23 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAIzjn0fAXQImh2dsb2JhbACQJwEBAQgKKZ9G X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,276,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="21972140" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 30 Jan 2008 11:45:23 +0100 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0UAjM0r011587 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:45:22 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAIzjn0dQW+UCh2dsb2JhbACQJwEBAQgKKZ9G X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,276,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="6737341" Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) ([80.91.229.2]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 30 Jan 2008 11:45:22 +0100 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JKARP-0001cK-U0 for caml-list@inria.fr; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:45:16 +0000 Received: from ks300734.kimsufi.com ([91.121.65.225]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:45:15 +0000 Received: from sylvain by ks300734.kimsufi.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:45:15 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: caml-list@inria.fr From: Sylvain Le Gall Subject: Re: [OSR] Ports-like package management system Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:45:07 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <479F0664.2070706@exalead.com> <47A045C1.7030603@exalead.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ks300734.kimsufi.com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl2 (Debian) Sender: news X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 47A05542.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; le-gall:01 berke:01 durak:01 berke:01 durak:01 wrote:01 data:02 let:03 repository:03 repository:03 filesystem:06 efficient:07 packaging:09 distribution:10 content:89 On 30-01-2008, Berke Durak wrote: > Sylvain Le Gall a écrit : >> Please don't go into this. If you want to talk about PM, don't talk >> about VCS. My point is that if you want to build something that last you >> should keep focus on PM, which is not really bound to VCS (like content >> of files is not bound to filesystem). There is no best VCS for doing PM. >> We just should handle a way to : >> * let anyone use a different VCS >> * be able to download at least a version of each different packages > > > The most simple way to handle this, to my mind: > > * distribute METADATA for packaging into ftp/http > > * put a link to the VCS inside METADATA, to tell where you can find most > > recent one > > > Now why would we want to use a VCS? > > * As a data storage and distribution mechanism > * For efficient updates > * For the ability to check out any revision > [...] I forget to tell you: even if i am in favor of a simple FTP repository and not about forcing people to use a VCS, i will provide you with resources for both (i.e. a VCS or a FTP repository) in the name of OCamlCore. Regards, Sylvain Le Gall