Hi,
we had a thread with a similar topic some time ago:
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200907/msg00047.html
... and some will say: Hey, we can create licensed programs. What do you want with this "packaging system".
Obviously those people have never used a packaging system and never had a need to.
Currently I am looking into two possibilities:
- using rpm in PASE
- using xbps in PASE or native (
http://code.google.com/p/xbps/ )
Mihael
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 3:12 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Software/Code Delivery Mechanism
Hi All,
I am in the process of doing some initial research into making it easier for
software (and/or example code) to be obtained by IBM i developers and
installed on their machines. The problem I see today is that it takes too
much effort to get software/code installed onto an IBM i. It usually
involves a lot of manual downloading and copy/paste processes. Wouldn't it
be cool to be able to take an option in RDi/PDM/command line/browser app,
that would retrieve code from a central repository all with a few clicks of
a button? Many other platforms have this in various flavors.
If you own an iPhone or Droid phone then you know how crazy simple the
process can be for normal users.
I know Mihael Schmidt has done some documenting of a system he is working on
that is similar to Linux. That can be found at the following URL:
http://bit.ly/bI1dcL
In the end it would be best if IBM either came up with such a distribution
framework or at least had a free implementation installed by default so you
wouldn't have to first install something to make the concept work - it would
just be there with a base OS install.
Does IBM offer anything in this vein? I know I can get OS upgrades via
electronic means direct to my machine, but is that available to anyone other
than IBM?
Aaron Bartell
midrange.com
