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On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:14:17 +0700 |
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"Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov" <mva@×××.name> wrote: |
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> Long time ago I discovered that many language-specific packages |
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> (libraries, webapps) written on languages like PHP, Ruby, Lua and so |
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> on has (often) almost hardcoded dependence to be installed via their |
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> native package managers (pecl, cpan, luarocks, gem, bundler and so |
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> on). More of that, I discovered quite spiked way to install |
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> lang-specific packages in portage (fakegem eclass, pecl-php eclass |
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> and so on). Thinking in that way guided me to suggest to develop some |
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> kind of compatibility layer between portage (and sandboxed |
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> installation) and that lang-specific package managers. |
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The problem here is that CPAN, Gems etc don't follow their own |
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specifications. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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