Re: Time to rewrite dpkg (please do)
Aaron Van Couwenberghe <vanco@sonic.net> writes:
> Hello, esteemed members of the Debian enthusiast community!
Hi
>...
> So, whether or not I recieve the approval of this community, I'm
> going to be working on a complete rewrite of dpkg. No, it won't even
> *resemble* the old dpkg; I guarantee it to become contraversial. I'll let
> the masses decide whether it warrants trashing the old for the new.
>...
Good, somebody willing to write the thing. I'm already waiting for
some code. :)
While your at it, please have a look at
ftp://mirjam.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/debian/
There's a proposal and implementation about a better way to configure
packages. Features are:
- non-interactive installation possible
- default and package default answeres can be chosen
- variable amount of questions depending on the users experience
- various frontends and look&feels (console/menu/x/www/...)
- configuration can be done with dpkg-question alone (2K script)
- reconfigure at any time
- configure as user (where packages allow it), e.g. for windowmanagers
All dpkg or your replacement needs to do is call the configure script,
if existent, contained in the package, so its real easy to adapt to
it.
Also it would be nice if the following features could be implemented:
- install source (with dependencies)
- check for space via a du tree file.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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