[Opensim-dev] Package manager

[Diva Canto]

On 1/6/2015 8:31 AM, Diva Canto wrote:
> In my tests, mono addins does the right thing with dependencies! For 
> example, Diva.Wifi (which is now an addin) depends on another addin 
> Diva.Interfaces (this one defines an extension point for Wifi -- I 
> have extra packages that aren't in the free distribution of Wifi). 
> When you install Diva.Wifi, it correctly installs Diva.Interfaces 
> automatically. The interface is very similar to yum or apt-get, it 
> lets you know about the dependencies, and asks you if you want to 
> proceed. 

Forgot to say this: and if Diva.Interfaces (the common package) is 
already installed by the time Diva.Wifi is installed, all the better. In 
other words, bugs not withstanding, mono addins is behaving like you 
would expect a package manager to behave.