[Gambas-user] ...And what is planned for Gambas 3.7

[Benoît Minisini]

Hi again,

For the next version, I'd like to implement a Gambas dedicated software 
repository.

Here are my current thoughts about it, and I'd like to hear comments and 
ideas from you. I want to start with something as simple as possible 
first...

1) The Gambas repository is an http web service, but without website at 
the moment. It will allow to:
- upload software.
- search for software.
- download software.

2) A software is a compiled Gambas project, with eventually the source 
project. Nothing more.

3) In the IDE, I will add a dialog to upload your project.

4) Uploading a project requires:
- a login and a password, so you should be able to create an account 
from the IDE.
- a project name.
- a project description.
- a project icon.
- a project screenshot (optional).
- a project major version.
- tags. Some tags will be automatic (for example the component used by 
the project), some will be predefined.
- a project control sum (MD5/SHA...).

5) I will made an external Gambas program to:
- Search for projects inside the repository.
- Download and install a project somewhere in the user home directory.

6) That program should be able to know how to install the needed gambas 
binary packages according to the system distribution. If it is not 
possible, it should at least warn the user about missing components.

7) A Gambas program may depend on other programs in the repository. That 
way libraries will be able to be put in the repository too.

8) Gambas examples will be moved from the source tree to the repository.

9) The repository will be able to include the same program in different 
X.Y versions.

10) The web service protocol will be documented, and the server will be 
a GPL Gambas project, so that anybody can bring up its own repository if 
needed.

11) Consequently, we should be able to define different source 
repositories (like Ubuntu ppas) for downloading, and different targets 
for publishing.

Now just tell me what you think about that.

-- 
Benoît Minisini