How to manage source packages

[Lei, Maohui]

Hello anders

Thank you for your reply.

> Not all systems even have source *packages*, some just have files.
> Most have the concept of a build recipe, though. Possibly distfiles.
> But SRPM are pretty specific to RPM. And partly replaced by Git, too.
> Even the source packages are build products, created from the sources.
> 
> Anyway, there's nothing like apt-get source or yum-downloader --source. :-(

I think it is still an important capability for a Package Manager.

As you know, yocto manage packages by smart. 
As a distro that created by yocto, customer can manage rpm packages by smart.
But there is no method to manage the source packages by smart, such as download, archive and so on.

Does smart has any development plans about how to manage source packages?

I have a plan to make smart support the capability that smart can download source packages and archive them according to license like yocto do for the source packages.

What do you think?


Best regards
Lei


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anders F Björklund [mailto:afb at users.sourceforge.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 4:31 AM
> To: Lei, Maohui
> Cc: smart at labix.org
> Subject: Re: How to manage source packages
> 
> Lei, Maohui wrote:
> 
> > Can smart manage source packages?
> 
> There is no such support in the stock Smart distribution.
> 
> I did some experimental code, but it didn't really work out.
> https://code.launchpad.net/~afb/smart/source
> 
> It knows the source (getSource), but it doesn't handle it...
> 
> > For example, if I use smart to install my rpm packages for my distro that for embedded
> system.
> > And I want to archive sources packages for all rpm packages that have been installed.
> > How can I do ?
> 
> You can find the name of the sources, but not archive the SRPM.
> 
> Not all systems even have source *packages*, some just have files.
> Most have the concept of a build recipe, though. Possibly distfiles.
> But SRPM are pretty specific to RPM. And partly replaced by Git, too.
> Even the source packages are build products, created from the sources.
> 
> Anyway, there's nothing like apt-get source or yum-downloader --source. :-(
> 
> --anders
> 
> 
> PS. https://bugs.launchpad.net/smart/+bug/245119  (2005-10-28)
> 
>