Re: [OSR] Ports-like package management system

[Sylvain Le Gall <sylvain@le-gall.net>]

On 30-01-2008, Michael Ekstrand <michael+ocaml@elehack.net> wrote:
> Sylvain Le Gall <sylvain@le-gall.net> writes:
>> Using a simple wget/rsync (you can redevelop it in OCaml) is far
>> more simple than to use a VCS.
>
> To recap, my vision for this thing:
>  - Tree of build control and dependency declaration files, managed
>    with a DVCS, with end-user distribution (perhaps updated nightly
>    from the VCS) via rsync.
>  - Tarballs of upstream releases, published by upstream developers,
>    and cached by the distribution project (i.e. a "distfiles"
>    directory containing the sources for all software currently
>    referenced by the tree, perhaps with old versions also).
>
> Now, to test code against the tree, the developer checks out a local
> copy of the metadata tree.  They then go to the control files for
> their project, and modify them to say "get the source from over here"
> (adjusting version numbers, controls, etc. as appropriate).  Then,
> they build, and everything should work smoothly, with minimal hassle.
>

Yep, i like this idea. I think i will set up a ftp zone which should
accept upstream tarball and put them into a standard location (as
discussed in another post). This is a good first step, that makes
sense...

Regards,
Sylvain Le Gall