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From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Required Features for $package_manager to Aid... Development!
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 23:33:32
Message-Id: 45034DFD.9010200@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Required Features for $package_manager to Aid... Development! by Elfyn McBratney
1 Elfyn McBratney wrote:
2 [snip]
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4 1- provide a standardized api for the queries/commands (C, C++, python,
5 perl, ruby)
6 2a either provide an emerge or
7 2b make emerge and equery use 1 and be just a front-end
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9 That way other tools won't have to be rewritten for a specific manager,
10 advanced/experimental stuff will be available from specific front-ends.
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12 lu
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16 Luca Barbato
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18 Gentoo/linux Gentoo/PPC
19 http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero
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