Package Managers: What about 0install?

[Robert Clipsham]

On 19/07/2011 21:21, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> This has been hanging in the back of my mind and it's about dang time I
> bring it up:
>
> The main reason we've been discussing the creation of a D package manager is
> because existing package managers are highly OS-specific. So what about
> 0install?:
>
> http://0install.net/
>
> I haven't actually used it yet, but 0install has already gone through great
> pains to try to be cross-platform, distributed, safe, and overall
> well-designed. And it already exists. So maybe we're needlessly re-inventing
> the wheel here?
>
> Would it make sense to just use 0install as D's standard package management
> tool? If not, would it be best to just adapt it to our needs?

I don't know if it's changed, but about a year or so ago I tried using 
something that required 0install... It didn't end well at all, I seem to 
recall I had to re-image my system eventually after a few hours of 
trying to get it working :/

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Robert
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