[PD] apt get for abstractions

[Alexandre Quessy]

Maybe we should finish that curl external I kind of started several
months ago. With the HCS tools, we would have enough low-level
externals to do it in Pd. Someone wants to help with that piece of
code ? It is such a mess. I just need to add threads into that to
avoid it to die stupidly. (see attached file)

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2007/3/12, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>:
>
> Yeah, that code could be turned into a library then used for the
> versioning for this Pd apt-get.  The other parts include a common
> library/package format (like finishing up libdir support) and a
> common repository format that's easy to setup.
>
> .hc
>
> On Mar 12, 2007, at 11:52 AM, Kyle Klipowicz wrote:
>
> > I haven't used Net-Pd that much, but doesn't it use a sort of system
> > to keep patches up to date?
> >
> > ~Kyle
> >
> > On 3/12/07, Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> what if you could refer to abstractions using URLs?  a caching system
> >> could take care of reducing the need to be connected at all times.
> >> something like ZeroInstall for example.
> >>
> >> or perhaps using Java-style class paths, especially if URLs could be
> >> included in the class path.
> >>
> >> would this lead to very long abstraction names? we could solve
> >> this by
> >> providing an "alias" object, so that any abstractions mentioned in a
> >> patch that are prepended by the given alias are replaced with the
> >> alias' URL.  Then the "alias" could be used as the "base address" for
> >> the abstraction names.
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3/11/07, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I think this would be very useful.  It should be as easy to set
> >>> up as
> >>> possible, some kind of minimal setup based on HTTP like basic apt-
> >>> get
> >>> repositories.  Eclipse's repository format is worth checking out.
> >>>
> >>> I think we should build it in Pd for maximum portability and
> >>> maintainability.  Pd programmers will always be able to write in Pd.
> >>> But that's not always the case for C or other programming languages.
> >>>
> >>> .hc
> >>>
> >>> On Mar 11, 2007, at 10:28 PM, Alexandre Quessy wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Sure,
> >>>> But such a system should be as portable as Pd. Such a system
> >>>> should be
> >>>> in C, I guess, for maximum portability.
> >>>>
> >>>> Like APT, I find the pear package system very nice too. It would be
> >>>> very easy to adapt, but it is in PHP. It uses XML to store
> >>>> informations about the files hierarchy.
> >>>>
> >>>> Marc Lavallée told me about a simple package system that would
> >>>> be easy
> >>>> to adapt, but I forgot its name. Marc ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Such a topic might fit better in the pd-dev list.
> >>>>
> >>>> Alex
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 2007/3/11, adam armfield <adamairmailed at yahoo.com>:
> >>>>> following on from the ongoing debate about bundles for
> >>>>> patches with many abstractions, I had the idea for an
> >>>>> apt-get style system, where someone who wants a patch
> >>>>> can enter a command & get all necessary abstractions
> >>>>> at the same time...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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