> On Oct 29, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Glenn Linderman <v+pyt...@g.nevcal.com> wrote: > > New package manager from M$... article here > <http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-oneget-a-linux-style-package-management-framework>. > > It seems doubtful that M$ will eliminate .msi (their obscure, hard to > configure and use, installation format), so it seems doubtful that the > addition of OneGet will _force_ any changes to Python packaging. > > However, it does open the question in my mind about whether there will be any > _benefits_ of OneGet that would inspire helpful, useful changes to Python > packaging. They speak of "trusted repositories", and the like, and it sounds > like a the various *nix package managers (apt-get, et alia), but perhaps > allowing multiple repositories rather than just a single source vendor > repository (I'm actually not sure if *nix package managers allow multiple > repositories or not, but from the way people talk about them, it always > sounds like a "distribution" also provides "a repository" of additional > packages). > > "trusted repositories" sounds more like Perl's CPAN. > > One of the links > <http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx> > contains this quote: "This first version of OneGet installs and searches > software from Chocolatey repositories. Support of additional repositories > will come in subsequent versions." > > I have no clue what a Chocolatey repository is (yet, will Google), but > unknown others will come, it says... whether it is possible to write a > "repository plugin" such that Perl's CPAN or Python's PyPI or other > preexisting repositories can be accessed is not clear. > > The relationship between PowerShell and OneGet is not clear either... is > OneGet written in PowerShell, or is PowerShell just one way to invoke OneGet, > or??? > > Just a heads up. >
It appears to be a package manager manager. Chocolatey is one of the third party package managers available on Windows. I also just learned that OneGet is apparently OSS and developed on github (https://github.com/OneGet/oneget <https://github.com/OneGet/oneget>). --- Donald Stufft PGP: 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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