[Pythonmac-SIG] Package Manager idea, adding a URL scheme

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Tue Sep 30 23:58:26 EDT 2003


How about making up a URL scheme for Package Manager.. for example:

pypimp://undefined.org/pimp/?Numeric

would cause Package Manager to open:
	http://undefined.org/pimp/appropriate.plist

And select Numeric in the package list and prompt the user to install 
it and its dependencies

This would make it very easy for a module author to say "install on OS 
X (or your platform) by clicking here" (after prompting to trust the 
plist).

It shouldn't be hard to hook into OS X to make Package Manager handle 
URLs of this scheme, and it could apply to other platforms as well.

-bob




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