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. https://github.com/hernanmd/package-formulas Hope you like it. Best, Hernán
