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== Summary ==
  
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== The purpose ==
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Sweets is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management_system Package Management System] based on [http://0install.net/ Zero Install], a decentralized cross-distribution software installation system. It is intended to distribute various software projects created in Sugar ecosystem such as libraries, sugar itself, sugar activities.
  
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New distribution method is initiated assuming that:
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* The method to share software projects should to be as convenient as possible.
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* It is important to stimulate users being doers, change existed activities and share results of experiments between other people, i.e., distribution method should handle different variants of the same project.
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* This distribution method is not intended to be the only one.
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The purpose to create new distribution method instead of reusing:
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* ''.xo bundles''
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** Work smooth only for pure python activities and only if all (and the same) dependencies are installed on all systems. It stop working smooth if activities use non-standard dependencies or contain binaries.
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** Users need to manually handle the variety of activity versions, e.g., sort out all local bundles or directories in {{Code|~/Activities}}.
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* ''native packages''
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** Not the shortest way between developers and users.
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** In most cases it doesn't support multiple versions of the same project.
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** It doesn't work at all for sharing results of experiments.
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At the same time existed distribution methods are reused in Sweets:
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* ''.xo bundles'' is a subset of Sweets workflow
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** It is possible to bundle entirely directory with sweet project to use it as a regular .xo file.
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* ''native packages''
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** Sweets is not an intention to create one more GNU/Linux distribution. It distributes only projects people create within Sugar community, the rest of software will be reused from native packages.
  
 
== Start from ==
 
== Start from ==
  
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Start from these pages if you are:
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Start from these pages:
  
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* [[Platform Team/Sugar Doers Kit/Overview|SDK overview]]
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* [[Platform_Team/Guide/Sweets_Usage|Sweets Usage]] guide.
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* [[Platform_Team/Guide/Core_development|Core developer or need to start core projects from sources]],
 
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* [[Platform_Team/Guide/Activity_development|Activity developer]],
 
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* [[Platform_Team/Overview|Want to know how Platform Team functions]].
 

Revision as of 20:44, 3 September 2011

Summary

Sweets is a Package Management System based on Zero Install, a decentralized cross-distribution software installation system. It is intended to distribute various software projects created in Sugar ecosystem such as libraries, sugar itself, sugar activities.

New distribution method is initiated assuming that:

  • The method to share software projects should to be as convenient as possible.
  • It is important to stimulate users being doers, change existed activities and share results of experiments between other people, i.e., distribution method should handle different variants of the same project.
  • This distribution method is not intended to be the only one.

The purpose to create new distribution method instead of reusing:

  • .xo bundles
    • Work smooth only for pure python activities and only if all (and the same) dependencies are installed on all systems. It stop working smooth if activities use non-standard dependencies or contain binaries.
    • Users need to manually handle the variety of activity versions, e.g., sort out all local bundles or directories in ~/Activities.
  • native packages
    • Not the shortest way between developers and users.
    • In most cases it doesn't support multiple versions of the same project.
    • It doesn't work at all for sharing results of experiments.

At the same time existed distribution methods are reused in Sweets:

  • .xo bundles is a subset of Sweets workflow
    • It is possible to bundle entirely directory with sweet project to use it as a regular .xo file.
  • native packages
    • Sweets is not an intention to create one more GNU/Linux distribution. It distributes only projects people create within Sugar community, the rest of software will be reused from native packages.

Start from

Start from these pages:

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