From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02557138247 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:07:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90E41E0B45; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:07:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f171.google.com (mail-we0-f171.google.com [74.125.82.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F0BAE08D1 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:07:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f171.google.com with SMTP id w61so3296356wes.2 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:07:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=wMKm4vKLzoGnV72+XwjgczAgew3ja6DUcq2qFGl5atY=; b=FpKzVIwygRzKNOS5Nfte7hY4hEQ2FCwJvAkdZt8YkyXHq0xAI5ohYgb54lZbsntxW+ vuKkrjyYL/6JUo7gqN7HPYmhH3zW3xJK88ZGF02Mf9NBGlCydEZqDOPLIM/pnBWEWB+W v5MqfQ+rZYiVH6Nklp3Lzbi62tkQTRmXJscaeNH/o7Xjkczd3ETLuJO/iEKng1VfMUg4 lzWnJuNRPJwzCP4iwZkspU+6RVuEb8QwDutx19owL9ceeAL0s4vHdN4szogNguzR5vM8 vg1YNxkMII4FY7/mm/QX7CP6shfLaFvCbZ+AxoPTgZ2+7Ofx7UfIahZnM4fYRx7NdGoW /YNA== X-Received: by 10.180.206.138 with SMTP id lo10mr16637984wic.25.1389636464135; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:07:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (cpc3-broo7-2-0-cust157.14-2.cable.virginm.net. [86.30.224.158]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id kr10sm12174720wjc.22.2014.01.13.10.07.43 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:07:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:07:39 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [OT] pkgcore bikeshed (was Portage team) Message-ID: <20140113180739.0ff6bd55@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140113154659.726ee662@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> References: <1388986435.17870.49.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <1389582464.7103.185.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <20140113083917.5427344.53422.41690@pathscale.com> <52D3A71F.9040602@plaimi.net> <52D3AEB9.7080500@pathscale.com> <20140113154659.726ee662@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/8rii=.auq7fNK7b7LRdxATf"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 0a927d52-c220-457a-9501-f7293519ceb7 X-Archives-Hash: 94eb77e202d0fe3b877f0c66e640b15d --Sig_/8rii=.auq7fNK7b7LRdxATf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:46:59 +0100 Tom Wijsman wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:15:37 +0700 > "C. Bergstr=C3=B6m" wrote: >=20 > > Long term the API to pkgcore could be beneficial, but=20 > > again I'm not sure it's a game changer for users. >=20 > Long term, we should have an independent API backend that tools can > query; not rewrite our tools every time users want to use them with a > different package manager.=20 Not an API. APIs are bad. What we should have is a good set of lightweight Unix-friendly command line tools. See, for example, the "Scripting Commands" section of "man cave". --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/8rii=.auq7fNK7b7LRdxATf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlLUK24ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGQ9gCgi8c2HEaJlSUeUUWuTMOdGgHw epsAoIZUrgFe4g6n7aHwjp8HOMjYC8lT =FR/g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/8rii=.auq7fNK7b7LRdxATf--