I am a bit surprised that packages in squeakmap (and monticello?) do not seem to be aware of package dependencies. There may be historical or technical reasons for this, but for someone coming from Ruby I really miss the equivalent of Ruby's "gem" package system:
gem install foobar
will inspect meta-data on the foobar package, and then locate and install any required packages as well if they are not present already, before installing foobar. It is also version aware.
Is there a way to do this with squeak packages? Some specific reason for not doing this?
Thanks.
itsme213 wrote:
I am a bit surprised that packages in squeakmap (and monticello?) do not seem to be aware of package dependencies. There may be historical or technical reasons for this, but for someone coming from Ruby I really miss the equivalent of Ruby's "gem" package system:
gem install foobar
will inspect meta-data on the foobar package, and then locate and install any required packages as well if they are not present already, before installing foobar. It is also version aware.
Is there a way to do this with squeak packages? Some specific reason for not doing this?
This is a real problem currently. However, someone is working on creating debian-like packages for squeak which will just be perfect in my opinion.
Some package mainteners write scripts that are launched during the installation and install the necessary dependencies. Lukas wrote one for pier and one for Seaside. Normally, SeasideInstaller and Pier on SqueakMap should install the dependencies.
Bye
On 13 août 06, at 17:22, Damien Cassou wrote:
itsme213 wrote:
I am a bit surprised that packages in squeakmap (and monticello?) do not seem to be aware of package dependencies. There may be historical or technical reasons for this, but for someone coming from Ruby I really miss the equivalent of Ruby's "gem" package system: gem install foobar will inspect meta-data on the foobar package, and then locate and install any required packages as well if they are not present already, before installing foobar. It is also version aware. Is there a way to do this with squeak packages? Some specific reason for not doing this?
This is a real problem currently. However, someone is working on creating debian-like packages for squeak which will just be perfect in my opinion.
who? so far nobody!
Some package mainteners write scripts that are launched during the installation and install the necessary dependencies. Lukas wrote one for pier and one for Seaside. Normally, SeasideInstaller and Pier on SqueakMap should install the dependencies.
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This is a real problem currently. However, someone is working on creating debian-like packages for squeak which will just be perfect in my opinion.
who? so far nobody!
Ok, it seems I misunderstood what Damien Pollet told me a month before. But, he is working on package dependency and automatic installation, so this still answers the question :-)
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