[REBOL] Open source project Re:
From: news:ted:husted at: 6-Oct-2000 10:57
> Thoughts, suggestions, comments welcome!
How abut if we start with a REBOL Planet directory for working scripts,
that includes a category for re-usable functions and objects?
e.g. < http://cgi.resourceindex.com/ >
maybe using Elan's DBMS for a backend.
And promote along with with it a standard (but optional) utility for
installing and configuring REBOL scripts (REBster?), as you said, along
the lines of RPM.
If I get your high-concept, REBster would track which scripts you have
installed, and their dependancies. If something was needed, it would
first try to obtain it from the pristine source, or consult a central
directory (REBOL Planet?) for the pristine or best-available source.
REBster could also check the scripts it installed for upgrades, perform
them if requested, and rollback if things break (including itself of
course).
BobR did some seminal work in the vien of configuring scripts with his
update of Andrews Wiki script.
< http://husted.com/rebol-dev/wiki2-r.txt > - Not the most current
version (which is why we need REBster!).
I think these projects would be synergistic, since a script directory
needs an easy way for people to install and try scripts, and a
script-manager needs a way for people to find scripts to manage. The
directory could also provide name and version management so that each
script can be uniquely identified.
I can contribute the server space, including a domain if we want to
take one out, along with the nuts and bolts management. (My programming
talents pale in present company.)
Of course, we might also put this on SourceForge for better exposure.
(Hey! How about REBOL/View CVS client.)
-Ted.
