On Thursday 13 April 2006 9:47 am, Koen Kooi wrote:
> Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote:
> > Dnia czwartek, 13 kwietnia 2006 15:37, Koen Kooi
napisał:
>
> <snip>
>
> >>The requirements of such a system are:
> >>
> >>* needs to work with postgresql
> >>* knows about the feeds from all Ångström
releases
> >>* contains all the metadata from Packages.*
> >>* has a search frontend for packages,
descriptions and files
> >>* allows users to download packages (and
sources + patches!) via a
> >> webfrontend
> >>* allows developers to upload packages to
feeds.
> >>* has (optional) hooks for updates:
> >> - update metadata after uploads
> >> - rss feeds
> >> - notify mail
> >> - IRC bot?
>
> I forgot an important one:
>
> * needs to handle multiple archs (arm/mips/x86) for
packages
>
> regards,
>
> Koen
Funny you mention this. I have been playing around with an
idea for a package
management system, a sucessor to ipkg. The idea is a
client/server pair
where the server uses a DB, very much like what is being
proposed in this
thread.
My idea was also to eventually have a web-based frontend to
this repository.
Currently I have a DB design done, and a utility for loading
it using an ipkg
Packages file.
My design allows for:
- multiple feeds
- full architecture and software depends information
- addition fields that might be useful for a web interface
(e.g. distro logo
images, release URL's for release announcement, bug
tracking, etc.)
- package format agnostic in case anyone wants to do a RPM
based distro ;)
My project is to create a replacement for ipkg which
dramatically reduces the
resource requirements on devices, but would like to work on
what you are
proposing or at least coordinate my efforts to coincide with
yours.
Some info on my current DB design:
htt
p://draknor.net/projects/parcel/repository.php
Dan
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