one of the reasons I wrote contrib was that I got tired of
explaining people how the whole process of how to install
a program.
; 9ffs sources
; fcp /n/sources/contrib/dude/thing.tgz /tmp
; cd /tmp
; gunzip < thing.tgz | tar x
; cd thing
; mk install
simple right? but when you've spent tons of 15 minutes
parcels you start getting tired and you write some code.
so the bind magic might work great for those who know
how to get it going, but random newbie won't get it
that fast.
so
; contrib/install dude/thing
seemed reasonable, it has the -r to choose a different
root.
lotte% wc -l /rc/bin/contrib/*
19 /rc/bin/contrib/cat
122 /rc/bin/contrib/create
97 /rc/bin/contrib/install
105 /rc/bin/contrib/list
35 /rc/bin/contrib/local
132 /rc/bin/contrib/pull
83 /rc/bin/contrib/push
41 /rc/bin/contrib/remove
634 total
lotte% wc -l /sys/src/cmd/contrib/*.c
455 /sys/src/cmd/contrib/gui.c
lotte%
the real solution is that you want to have a centralized
repository with just binary packages and easy to use
set of tools to use it.
but then that requires some effort and I don't see
any solution in the near future.
one can easily say, "hey, use namespaces!", but
you get someone to reply "hey, write your own driver!"
in the end everything is easy for those who know
how to do it.
--
Federico G. Benavento
