[opam-devel] Repository format

[Thomas Gazagnaire]

Hello,

> I was wondering whether the developer's manual[1] is up-to-date, esp.
> regarding the repository format.

Yes, it is supposed to be up-to-date.

> Indeed, I endeavour to write a module for the Paludis[2] package
> manager, in order to use directly the OPAM package descriptions.
> 
> This package manager is used in several Linux distributions, including:
> - Exherbo;
> - Gentoo (though it is not the default package manager).
> 
> The goal here isn't to replace OPAM, but to allow users that do not
> directly use OCaml to easily install packages that depend on OCaml
> libraries (and save me from packaging everything by hand).

Nice! Would be glad to hear your progress on that -- feel free to suggest ways we can help you or make your life easier, for instance if you plan to use the opam library to parse the files (ie. OpamFile.OPAM.read).

Best,
Thomas

> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Nicolas Braud-Santoni
> 
> [1]
> https://github.com/OCamlPro/opam/blob/master/doc/dev-manual/dev-manual.pdf?raw=true
> [2] http://paludis.exherbo.org/
> 
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