I can see how a web page (perhaps driven by a database) would be useful
to show a list of all packages ported to Darwin, with columns showing
version availability in different package systems.
For example (this is undoubtedly incomplete):
--------- -------------------------------------------------------
Package: Package Distribution System:
Fink src Fink Binary GNU-Darwin x86 Darwinfiles yyyyy
--------- --------- ------------ -------------- ----------- -----
anacron 2.3-3 2.3-3
bzip2 1.0.2-1 1.0.2-1 1.0.2
curl 7.9.8-1 7.9.8-1 7.9.1
curl-ssl 7.9.8-1 7.9.8-1 z.y.x
--------- --------- ------------ -------------- ----------- -----
It would help users looking for a package to determine which package
system to use to install a particular port, but maintaining a composite
list like this might be a lot of work! Fink's web site already lists
all it's packages, so I'm sure there could be discussion about
providing some kind of automatic daily feed to update such a central
listing if someone creates one.
Carsten
Reference:
Other Darwin Package Systems:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fink
https://sourceforge.net/projects/finkcommander/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-darwin/
http://elisa.utopianet.net/~rlucia/devel/darwin_ports/
http://elisa.utopianet.net/~rlucia/devel/darwin_packages/files/
http://www.osxgnu.org/software/index.html (Port using Mac OS X GUI
Installer.app)
http://www.osxgnu.org/info/pkgdelete.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/darwinfiles/ (still in early stages)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/debian-darwin/ (another new debian
port, still planning)
BSD Ports & Packages:
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/
http://www.NetBSD.org/Documentation/software/packages.html
http://www.openpackages.org/ (still in early stages)
On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 07:45 am, Ludovic Hirlimann wrote:
> Would it be possible to unite all those efforts ? I would like to have
> a *unique* dtabase containing the name of the software being ported
> and which group is porting the software. When a application is ported
> by a group and works correctly then a mail is sent to the other
> groups, mail which might be catched up by a robot and that would
> change the packaging format to the one used by the project.
>
> Do you think this would be doable ?
> If so are the different parties interested ?
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