Packages and dependencies (squeakmap and monticello)

> I am a bit surprised that packages in squeakmap (and monticello?) do not
> seem to be aware of package dependencies. There may be historical or
> technical reasons for this, but for someone coming from Ruby I really
> miss the equivalent of Ruby's "gem" package system:
>
>    gem install foobar
>
> will inspect meta-data on the foobar package, and then locate and
> install any required packages as well if they are not present already,
> before installing foobar. It is also version aware.
>
> Is there a way to do this with squeak packages? Some specific reason for
> not doing this?

> itsme213 wrote:
>> I am a bit surprised that packages in squeakmap (and monticello?)  
>> do not seem to be aware of package dependencies. There may be  
>> historical or technical reasons for this, but for someone coming  
>> from Ruby I really miss the equivalent of Ruby's "gem" package  
>> system:
>>    gem install foobar
>> will inspect meta-data on the foobar package, and then locate and  
>> install any required packages as well if they are not present  
>> already, before installing foobar. It is also version aware.
>> Is there a way to do this with squeak packages? Some specific  
>> reason for not doing this?
>
> This is a real problem currently. However, someone is working on  
> creating debian-like packages for squeak which will just be perfect  
> in my opinion.

>
> Some package mainteners write scripts that are launched during the  
> installation and install the necessary dependencies. Lukas wrote  
> one for pier and one for Seaside. Normally, SeasideInstaller and  
> Pier on SqueakMap should install the dependencies.
>
>
> Bye
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