[Angstrom-devel] [RFC] Switch angstrom 2008 to opkg

[Juan Martín]

On Feb 6, 2008 5:38 PM, Koen Kooi <k.kooi at student.utwente.nl> wrote:
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> Koen Kooi schreef:
> | Hi,
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> | Opkg is shaping up nicely and I'd like to start using it instead of ipkg
> | in the near future.
> | Everybody likes lists, so here's one:
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> | ~ * opkg is maintained, ipkg isn't
> | ~ * opkg has 2 companies behind it
> | ~ * future PackageKit integration
> | ~ * 'open' sounds cooler than 'itsy' ;)
> | ~ * GPG signed packages and feeds
> |
> | What do you think?
>
> Given the positive feedback, here's a plan of attack:
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> * upload opkg to the 2008 feeds for people to test
> * start implementing DISTRO_PACKAGE_MANAGER for angstrom
> * include both opkg and ipkg in images (DISTRO_PACKAGE_MANAGER="opkg
> ipkg") for a period of time
> * stop including ipkg

+1 from me.

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> And once the PackageKit stuff works well enough we can consider it for
> backporting to 2007, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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>
> Thought, comments?
>
> regards,
>
> Koen
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