Hi everyone,
I have spent some time creating a new package manager UI for Pharo 10 to simplify package finding and installation. It is a Spec application which introduces a new concept: Package Formulas. These are just annotated methods with an installation expression, so they do not depend on Metacello, Gofer, Pakbot or any other package manager.
Some features are:
- Package Formulas already includes a predefined set of categorized formulas.
- UI allows you to install packages in bulk.
- It is simple to create a script from selections.
- Scripts can be decorated with pre, post, and wrapper actions.
- You can request to list your own or recommended formulas by opening issues from the UI.
- Then the package formula will be reviewed to avoid naming conflicts, and to prevent adding broken formulas.
- The UI could be used with a custom container of your favorite, validated, isolated or private formulas.
- (Currently) it does not automatically collect packages from remote repositories or query on-line servers, however, you can easily jump to browse a selected project homepage.
- License is MIT.
Hope you like it.
Best,
Hern��n