Opkg

Revision as of 17:12, 20 February 2008

Opkg is a lightweight package management system based on Ipkg.

This is a list of features that have already been completed or work has started on. Mostly this is a list of changes from Ipkg.

The following ipkg patches have been applied:

Here is a list of additional features compared to Ipkg.

Uses libcurl to download files [done]
The command line client has a progress bar to show progress of downloads and libopkg support sending progress callbacks to clients [done]
Simple user interactions during postinstall
Restructure source code and make it more robust
Improve command line options
Signed packages and repositories
Store packages in database

Q. What version of Ipkg is Opkg based on?

A. It is based on the ipkg-0.99.163 tarball

Q. Why "fork" and rename Ipkg?

A. Ipkg is no longer actively maintained upstream and there are potential trademark issues with using the Ipkg name

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 Opkg is a lightweight package management system based on Ipkg.
+== New Features ==
+This is a list of features that have already been completed or work has started on. Mostly this is a list of changes from Ipkg.
+* Use libcurl to download files
+* Send download progress updates to libopkg clients
+* Re-organise sources into sub directories
+* Verify package lists with gpg detached signiture
+* Mark packages that were installed to satisfy dependancies (auto installed)
+The following ipkg patches have been applied:
+* "2-pkg-vec--Optimize-gross-inefficiency.patch" from OpenEmbedded
+* "1-pkg-parse--Optimize-inefficient-parsing.patch" from OpenEmbedded
 == Planned features ==