Package management

[Bryan Kadzban]

Gordon Schumacher wrote:
> Gordon Schumacher wrote:
>> I think I have an even better idea: rather than putting *any*
>> package management commands in, what about something like this:
>> 
>> <para>If you would like to generate binary packages, you will need
>> to define a function that will be used to generate those packages.
>> Run a command similar to the following:</para>
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> Then, in the XML for each package:
>> 
>> <para>If desired, perform the fakeroot install and build the 
>> package</para>
>> 
>> ...
>> 
>> I think that this would satisfy all the desires stated: not
>> supporting a specific package manager, supporting package
>> management if people want it, and still allowing for automation!
> 
> So... does this look reasonable to folks?  Anyone have any objections
> to me working on implementing this against the current trunk and
> submitting it as a patch?

Ideally, I'd want something in the XML to do something like the shell
script if.  However, that could easily be a long way off, so I have no
objections to something like this at the moment.

In fact, I really like the idea of having a generic no-specific-manager
setup, which also degrades gracefully.  True, it doesn't handle config
files properly (yet?  unsure if it could be made to do so), but as a
first shot, it looks pretty good to me.

For whatever that's worth.  :-)

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