On Sat, 24 May 2008 22:15:02 -0700 eliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am almost thinking the json interface needs to be disconnected from > the aur itself, and offered up as a separate service. > > Reasoning: > 1. It has a different focus than the rest of the aur. > 2. Updates to the interface could be done without needing to update > the rest of the aur. > 3. We could drop alot of the aur overhead in the rcp interface > 4. We could rewrite the interface in python, and just attach it to a > url on the aur site (or its own port or something). > 5. It would give us a chance to maybe do some new and exciting things. > > thoughts? > > Since I am offering up the idea, and since I wrote the original json > interface, I would have no problem doing the work, so this isn't a "I > think this is a good idea for someone else to do" type thing. I am > looking for feedback as to whether I should spend the time on it or > not.
+++++plus I was going to do something like this eventually. I'd like to put AUR into the command line as the primary interface with full functionality.