Mauricio Fernández [mailto:batsman.geo@yahoo.com] wrote kindly:
There is a limit to what RPA can provide before becoming a
cross-OS distributionConsider the following: if I package
ruby-gnome2, should I package gtk too? And all the other
gnome libs too? Will I finally have to package libc too ;),
for several Linux distros, FreeBSD, DragonFly BSD, Mac OSX,
Win XP, Win 2k, just to mention the platforms where I know
rpa-base has been run on? In other words, at some point it
has to rely on the functionality provided by the host OS. On
systems with a native package manager, it will take care of
the rest. If you're on win32, you'll have to get the required
libs yourself _or_ build a large team able to package lots of
stuff for win32, as a spinoff of RPA (if only cause RPA will
have the appropriate infrastructures, in time) or
independently, if you want
*all* the libs you could ever need to be packaged.In this particular case, there is a chance RPA will
distribute curses binaries for win32 once I get the binary
repos. up and implement signed packages/ports, but it's
already nearing the limits of what RPA can reasonably be.
Yes, you're right, sir batsman, and I'm sorry (but if you can package win
curses that would be godsend). RPA spoiled me on installs that I got lost on
the fundamentals. So lost that I was even planning to ask you if rpa can
update ruby itself =) (me cowers under the table :-)...
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batsman dot geo at yahoo dot com
kind regards -botp