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Re: [MiNT] Update program for MiNT packages.



On 11/23/10 12:02 PM, ctziotzis@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I've been thinking of upgrading my program Qextract to include rpm and I also considered the possibility to use it in combination with wget to download and install mint packages through a nice gem interface of sorts. However the way I understand it, it would have to be a cooperative effort with the person that would maintain the packages so that I could get the data I need for the program. Network programming isn't something I am good at.
So here are the questions:
a. Is there a need for this program or is something else in the works?
b. What kind of format will be selected for the mint packages and how can data about what's new or available be gathered from the atari side?
You may want to check out and join development on sparemint update manager http://sparemint.atari-source.org:8000/sum.php I haven't looked at it in quite some time but it was able to talk to my server php that would get new packages uploaded and would resolve deps and install packages with a pretty gem interface. Looking back, the code is a bit rough. Needs a lot of improvement. I plan to hit on all my atari stuff this winter and make it much better.

Thanks,
Mark