"Lex Spoon" lex@cc.gatech.edu wrote:

Jecel Assumpcao Jr jecel@merlintec.com wrote:

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Well, this is the case for "top level" modules. The problem is when you are trying to load something that requires lots of other stuff to work. In that case we want something more like "apt-get" than "findRPM". Some module name to URL directory would be great. We don't care what all that stuff does, who wrote it and so on.

Just a note. I am finishing SqueakMap as we speak. It is a kind of "apt-get" with a central master complemented with a web UI similar to Gnome's software map with categories. This thing will be ready this week as I am doing it full time currently.

Here is the latest code dump I did on the modules-mailinglist a couple of weeks ago:

http://anakin.bluefish.se:8000/gohu/11

...if you are interested you could read the class comments. It is not in any easily runnable shape right now. I have done much more since then.

The "apt-get" client part will have no other dependencies than a virgin Squeak (no Comanche etc). It uses a simple logfile chunk-format (same technique as the Modules use) and most importantly can update itself incrementally by fetching updates in a single gzip-compressed HTTP request. This will mean that you can do your "apt-get update" even if you are behind a modem - it will be fast.

I am confident in that you are all going to like this stuff actually! :-)

More coming later.

regards, Göran