[Mentalunix-developers] mpkg and such -- all of it

[Clinton E. <men...@cr...>]

response to all:

mpkg was going to use the mpkg format...which is...guess what? 
tar/bzip2! But with XML metadata inside the package. 

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So, in essence it will use an open format, and all distros will be 
able to use it. The XML part is the stuff that is makig me think it 
will take forever. I have found that debian is the best package 
mander right now, and apt is great too(maybe mpkg can support 
apt?). My idea for hte mpkg databse was/is to have it be able to 
sync with debian and rpm databases, and have a daemon that 
monitors changes in the /usr directory(if you isntall a new program, 
say windowmaker, it owuld be able to use a patern database and 
try ot deduce the app and add it to its database). So, if it could 
sync with the debian / rpm databases, then it would be easy to 
convert. a package converteer woudl eb ncie too(the spec says it 
will be able to convert autoconf scripts too)
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