design notes

[naturallymitchell]

Machu Picchu is a systems-level package manager, as well as an app-level dependency manager. When run by a user, it will install using the default, currently only-level, permissions and use its own directory.

refresh: get current manifest from each app store (stored in mp/manifests?)
stores: list/add/remove (kept in mp/stores?)
search: search for an app by name/description from stores' manifests
install: download the latest available version and put it in a runnable location
upgrade: basically install again
remove: (wipe?)

[Hellfar]

I suggest:
refresh: get current manifest from each app store (stored in mp/manifests?)
stores: list/add/remove (kept in mp/stores?)
search -> refresh and then: search for an app by name/description from stores' manifests
install -> search and then: download the latest available version of the best corresponding and put it in a runnable location
upgrade: basically install again (alias ?)
remove: (wipe?)

[naturallymitchell]

"sync" isn't a good command name, but we're copying peru for it to install dependencies

"resolve needs" = "unpackage" / "unwrap"

[naturallymitchell]

unpackage ~= extract
(but more complex and interesting)

[naturallymitchell]

Unpack

[naturallymitchell]

• https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/

• https://github.com/vsrinivas/fuchsia/blob/3c81caec6060b2fa3694d594536b167cf26e04b2/src/connectivity/ethernet/drivers/intel-ethernet/BUILD.gn

• https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage

• https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/tree/

• https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/refs/heads/master/portage/package_upgrade_process.md

• https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/portage/ebuild_faq.md

• https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo

• https://crates.io/

• https://github.com/search?l=Rust&q=cargo&type=Repositories

• https://geigerkind.github.io/training_presentations/rust_in_15_minutes/presentation.html