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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We've also thought about hosting a "package server" (for lack of a better
term) that would operate similar to other package managers except this
would be specifically for PASE on IBM i (to deal with all idiosyncrasies).
Then a user could do the following:

$ ipm install gcc

That would be very cool. It seems we've kind of gotten close with
perzl.org and AIX, but the last step (to be truly PASE-specific) has
been elusive. I have often wondered whether it would be easier (1) to
build a repository of RPMs that are specifically built for PASE, or
(2) to add tooling to PASE until it can run ready-made solutions built
for other platforms (most likely AIX, but maybe it would be even
better to target Linux on Power).

Which would be preferable, a command or a button?

I agree with Jim: start with the command, other things can follow
after that if needed. (For example, the ipm command could probably be
ported, if not copied verbatim, to other IBM i boxes, if you're
willing to have ipm.litmis.com serve as the master repository for the
whole midrange community, not just Litmis Spaces.)

John Y.

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