Well, the clients could probably implement their own package manager, so you can obviate the need for atomic packages for windows. There's no reason to punish the users of windows.
-Tyler On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Cary Harper <[email protected]>wrote: > @Evan - The pygame.cnr.com would be for all platforms and devices, so to > answer your question, no, we could leverage the platform independence of > Pygame. The ARM app store would be another instance of the main app store > dedicated to ARM devices. The devices will have a bundled client set to > load the app store, so everyone who buys one of these devices will be routed > to the app store. There could potentially be many app stores, one for each > device manufacturer. > > @Yanom - For Debian Linux we use the debian packaging system to manage > dependencies with dpkg as the installer and apt-get as the solver. For > Windows systems would we need some sort of atomic package or as has been > suggested some sort of packaging management to insure the proper > dependencies are installed with the game? > > @Jordan - Those sounds like some pretty cool features. We have a rating, > review and popularity ranking system now. We would need to work on the rest > of it. > > Thanks for the feedback. I am going to move forward setting up a site. > Please keep the ideas coming. > > Regards, > > Cary > > On May 13, 2009, at 4:34 PM, Jordan Applewhite wrote: > > I've also been dreaming of a pygame distribution platform. I imagined > something Steam-like that had social features like a friends list, a minimal > chat client, reddit or digg-like user rating system to rank 'hotness', and > the ability to invite people to multiplayer games. Also, since it seems > like most pygames are FOSS, you could do neat things like p2p distribution > and some kind of integrated support for mods or accepting patches. > > I know I went overboard seeing as all you're talking about is a package > manager, but it seemed like an appropriate time to pipe up with this idea > soup I've been simmering for awhile:) > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Yanom Mobis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> how bout some sort of "Pygame Deployment System" like this: >> >> Pygame, SDL, and common libraries are built into the PDS. >> >> The user selects the game to download from a Tkinter interface. >> >> The game will be downloaded from a server. It will contain a file that >> describes dependencies. Any dependencies are downloaded (and compiled, if >> necessary, with the instructions provided by the game's file) into >> $HOME/.pds/ >> >> Upon launching the game, the PDS will run something like this: >> import sys >> sys.path.append($HOME/.pds/) >> import game_mainfile >> >> >> >> just my idea. tell me what you think. >> >> >> >> >> >> --- On *Wed, 5/13/09, Evan Kroske <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Evan Kroske <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [pygame] App Store >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 5:03 PM >> >> Would the store really need to be specialized to ARM devices? One of >> pygame's main goals is platform independence, so it seems that an app store >> providing PyGame-based games would appeal to all Linux distros.. >> I think this sounds like a timely idea that will fill a growing niche: the >> desire for games on Linux without installation hassles. Many more people >> would try PyGame-created games if they could install them and run them >> through a gui without copying files or using the terminal. >> >> Anyway, that's my two cents. >> >> Regards, >> Evan Kroske >> >> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Cary Harper >> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hey Folks, >>> >>> Over the last two years the company I work for has been putting Linux on >>> x86 based netbooks, but now MS has squashed that with offering exclusive >>> deals to hardware companies for distributing Windows 7. In a couple of >>> months, some of these hardware companies will be coming out with Linux based >>> netbooks on an ARM architecture that we hope will server to ignite more >>> interest in ARM and Linux. >>> >>> To do this, we know that we need to create excitement and a good user >>> experience for the end user. To that end we are polishing the UI as much as >>> possible and we are looking to get the support of communities like Pygame to >>> develop and publish applications for these netbook devices in an app store >>> dedicated to ARM-based Linux devices. >>> >>> The app store will support all software licenses with download links for >>> source code where applicable as well as an ecommerce module for non-free >>> software. To evaluate the app store experience you can check out >>> presto.cnr.com, eeedownload.cnr.com and www.cnr.com. >>> >>> The reason I think the Pygame platform is so important is because 70% of >>> the applications downloaded on the iPhone were games, with another 20% being >>> entertainment type applications. >>> >>> We are doing work to make sure SDL and numerics are optimized for running >>> on this ARM platform. >>> >>> What I would like to know is if this kind of opportunity is something >>> this community would be interested in. >>> >>> Additionally, I can also offer to host an app store just for Pygame >>> software, supporting all OS types, for free. The url would be >>> pygame.cnr.com and I would give creative control over the branding of >>> the site and the promotion of software on that site to the community. >>> >>> Hopefully you don't think this offer too lame or spam-like. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Cary >>> >>> >>> On May 9, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Chris McCormick wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Yes. Anything to break the current app-store hedgemony run by the big >>>> corporations. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:56:18PM -0700, Cary Harper wrote: >>>> >>>>> Would anyone be interested in putting their software into an App Store >>>>> for ARM Linux Netbooks? >>>>> >>>>> ------------------- >>>> http://mccormick.cx >>>> >>> >>> Cary Harper >>> >>> Senior Software Development Manager >>> Xandros, Corp. >>> 858.774.0943 | 858.587..6700 Ext 153 >>> >>> >> >> > > Cary Harper > > Senior Software Development Manager > Xandros, Inc. > 858.774.0943 | 858.587.6700 Ext 153 > > -- Visit my blog at http://oddco.ca/zeroth/zblog
