hi,
argh screw evolution,... and again from the begining:
i just digged up the zeroinstall source code a bit, i tried to archive
the following goals:
* have zeroinstall install programms
to /Programs/<Appname>/<Digest>
* make a symlink from /Programs/<Appname>/<Digest> to
/Programs/<Appname>/<Appversion>
* development packages if any should be installed with the
installation of 0install packages, because compile depends on
headers
after some try and error and code research i see that the stores in
0install heavy depend on having the packages cache in the format
<cachedir>/<digest>/
the packages contains
<appname>/appcontents
to really integrate 0install with gobolinux we need to change those
stuff. so zeroinstall can lookup its cache in the format
<cachedir>/<appname>/<digest>.
another long term goal could be making 0install aware of a gobo rootles
installation to install programs for users.
iam a bit stock with the current store implementation. the gobo linux
compatibility has to be coordinated with the zero install developers.
if you know any of them lets get in contact and point them to this
mailinglist, if not i will subscribe to zeroinstall ml in a few weeks.
bye,
christian
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 03:25 +0100, Matt Lawrence wrote:
> Hi. I would first of all like to congratulate all of you on not just
> being "yet another Linux distro". You guys have contributed so much
> more than the vast majority of distributions out there and I wish you
> and your distribution well.
>
> For your benefit, I would like to draw your attention to another
> project, namely Zero Install. This project has the ability to
> automatically fetch and install dependencies. It also has other
> requirements for it's binaries that match your requirements, such as
> the binary must be portable and in a common archive format (though
> Zero Install can use other package formats).
>
> Hopefully using Zero Install would also help you distribute a wider
> variety of up-to-date software to your users, which would make your
> distribution even more appealing. I say this because Zero Install and
> Autopackage plan to co-operate in order to create packages which can
> be used with either method of installation, which could provide even
> more packages that could be run on your system. Even if you choose not
> to use Zero Install, maybe the shared format could be used with your
> distribution and symbolize a whole new level of co-operation between
> installation methods.
>
> As for other features, it has digital signatures, automatic updating,
> non-root installation and more. I'm sure this could be tightly
> integrated with your system.
>
> If I am wrong and this idea is completely useless to you, I apologize
> sincerely for wasting your time.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
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