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| | For development of RPM please have a look at the RPM wiki at http://www.rpm.org. |
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| = RPM Forward Ideas =
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| == Introduction ==
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| With RPM 4.4.2.1 fresh out and 4.4.x branched off to maintenance mode,
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| time to start looking forward to next major release. While the focus will
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| be largely in cleaning up and streamlining the codebase, it can't
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| realistically be all about just that.
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| Panu Matilainen
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| == Ideas ==
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| In no particular order:
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| * improving automatic dependency extraction
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| * plugin architecture for internal dependency extractor to avoid having
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| to patch rpm itself for each new language
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| * '''libtool''', '''pkgconfig''' requires + provides (easily ported from rpm5.org)
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| * buildrequires match cross-arch on multilib, not good
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| * -devel package dependencies match cross-arch on multilib, not good
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| * language bindings to eliminate the need for output parsing
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| * Python bindings
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| * Unix philosophy '''''(do just one thing and do it well)'''''
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| * move GPG key management to helper app
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| * move remote protocol handling to helper appps
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| * ftp,http to wget
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| * possibly use '''wget''' code
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| * possibly use '''wget''' if available, error out if not
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| * soft dependencies
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| * version control meta information
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| * version control pristine configuration files
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| * simpler package database repair/restore
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| * restore/rollback functionality '''''(to reverse package changes, and restore pristine files)'''''
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| * tagging
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| * specify if package was installed as a dependency or on its own
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| * specify general purpose of package contents (libs, headers, docs, general)
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| * specify method of installation (direct, yum, piruit,...)
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| * specify repository from which package was installed
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| * automatic, optional removable of no longer necessary packages originally installed as deps
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| * arch requires and provides should be automatic until the packager say '''Requires: foo.arch'''
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| * transaction journaling
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| * unprivileged user installations
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| * optional recognition of unmanaged meeting of dependencies (such as libs installed from source)
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| * optionally compressed headers
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| * usable C/C++ API
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| * usable API documentation
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