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On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:07:39 +0000 |
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Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:46:59 +0100 |
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> Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:15:37 +0700 |
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> > "C. Bergström" <cbergstrom@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > Long term the API to pkgcore could be beneficial, but |
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> > > again I'm not sure it's a game changer for users. |
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> > Long term, we should have an independent API backend that tools can |
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> > query; not rewrite our tools every time users want to use them with |
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> > a different package manager. |
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> Not an API. APIs are bad. What we should have is a good set of |
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> lightweight Unix-friendly command line tools. See, for example, the |
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> "Scripting Commands" section of "man cave". |
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It still is an API that way, just expressed differently; if you |
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would only do this you're introducing forks where you might not need |
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them. Providing shell commands is one possible binding to the API... |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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