My opinion would be "go for it", though you should expect to have concerns raised once you have something available for testing.
Also, possibly the source@ forum would be a good place to notify if or when that happens and you're ready for that kind of thing. Thanks, -- Raul On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 12:28 AM Ric Sherlock <tikk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there any interest from JSoftware in making J available for installation > via the Windows Package Manager? > > I've been using the Windows Package Manager > <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/> (via the > command line tool winget) to install applications on Windows for a year or > so. It is a welcome improvement on the traditional (for Windows) > time-consuming procedure (navigate-to-website, find-download-page, > download-software-installer, run-software-installer, configure-software). > > The number, quality and variety of available Packages > <https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests> is > compelling. Other programming languages represented are Julia, Python, > Scala, Golang, Erlang, Racket, Groovy. > > From what I can see making a J package available would just involve creating > an appropriate manifest (Yaml file describing the current *.exe installer), > and submitting that manifest to the winget-pkgs GitHub repo > <https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs>. > > Once the PR is accepted, it would be possible to install J on Windows by > simply running `winget Jsoftware.Jlang.9.03` (or similar) from a cmd or > Powershell session. > > If there is any interest (or at least no opposition :-) ), I'd be happy to > investigate further. I'm equally happy to leave it for JSoftware to action > if preferred. > > Wishing you all a happy New Year! > Ric > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
