From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GMCKJ-0000uA-Lf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 09 Sep 2006 23:33:32 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k89NVmim007470; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 23:31:48 GMT Received: from smtp2.libero.it (smtp2.libero.it [193.70.192.52]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k89NS004019910 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 23:28:00 GMT Received: from localhost (172.16.1.212) by smtp2.libero.it (7.0.027-DD01) id 44ED40720158F1D8 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:28:00 +0200 Received: from smtp1.libero.it ([172.16.1.224]) by localhost (asav6.libero.it [193.70.192.40]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11846-12-2 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:28:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.6] (adsl-ull-63-51.44-151.net24.it [151.44.51.63]) by smtp1.libero.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F046A8C27 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:28:00 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <45034DFD.9010200@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 01:27:57 +0200 From: Luca Barbato User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060803) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Required Features for $package_manager to Aid... Development! References: <20060906102911.GD25413@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20060906102911.GD25413@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned: with antispam and antivirus automated system at libero.it X-Archives-Salt: 06145814-6bd5-4306-98fb-f849106cb550 X-Archives-Hash: f9f754e2f57ab285392796c7c66b56ff Elfyn McBratney wrote: [snip] 1- provide a standardized api for the queries/commands (C, C++, python, perl, ruby) 2a either provide an emerge or 2b make emerge and equery use 1 and be just a front-end That way other tools won't have to be rewritten for a specific manager, advanced/experimental stuff will be available from specific front-ends. lu -- Luca Barbato Gentoo/linux Gentoo/PPC http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list