illiliti / king

This project is cancelled. See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/49383

Moved to Codeberg

New projects will be hosted on Codeberg.

Existing projects will remain on GitHub for now.

king's Issues

Feature Suggestion

I would recommend to change the license from Mit to GPL.
FOR RICHARD STALLMAN

TODO

• https://k1sslinux.org/package-system
• https://k1sslinux.org/package-manager
• https://github.com/dylanaraps/k/blob/master/README

Suggestions and ideas are greatly appreciated!

• docs
  • document environment variables
  • document usage (with examples!!!)
  • document supported archive formats
  • document differences between kiss and king(there is a lot)
  • document the whole codebase (including unit tests)
• common
  • setup CI
  • unit tests
    • alternative.go
    • build.go
    • dependency.go
    • download.go
    • extract.go
    • install.go
    • package.go
    • remove.go
    • source.go
    • tarball.go
    • update.go
    • validate.go
    • verify.go
    • version.go
    • cmd/king
      • build.go
      • checksum.go
      • download.go
      • install.go
      • main.go
      • query.go
      • remove.go
      • swap.go
      • update.go
    • internal
      • archive
      • cleanup
      • cp
  • improve logging
  • improve error messages
  • rework debugging stuff. debugging should be effortless if possible
  • drop replace in go.mod. depends on mholt/archiver#265
• future
  • hooks?
  • man pages
  • extensions
  • binary packages?
  • repository signing?
  • proper orphans system
  • root-less chroot builds?
    • It's impossible to achieve without resorting to dirty hacks like exec'ing yourself
    • golang/go#12125
    • golang/go#22283
    • https://github.com/u-root/u-root/blob/707f919d5c668ef1a05d66676c6fdaaa08e10a70/cmds/core/unshare/unshare.go#L11
  • make library code fully thread-safe?
  • /var/db/kiss/installed as a git repository?
  • errors.New() vs fmt.Errorf() vs custom Error()
  • switch actions to getopt-like flags with subcommands
  • implement privilege elevation mess? is it really needed?
  • replace list and search actions with query action like in xbps
• action
  • main
    • guard against running multiple instances at the same time.
  • build
    • progress bar
    • build log
      • stdout
      • file
  • checksum
  • download
    • progress bar
    • parallel downloads
  • install
  • query
    • fix go-git/go-git#137
  • remove
  • swap
  • update
• library
  • alternative
    • allow swapping by only using path
  • build
    • dynamic dependencies based on ldd-like output
    • strip binaries using pure go (will be implemented as a standalone project)
      • That would be harder than i thought because i need to reimplement entire debug/elf with READ/SEEK/WRITE abilities + ar library. Anyway, i have no choice to not to do that!
    • remove .la and charset.alias
    • add a way to resume build
    • handle ctrl+c
      • How about using context.Context to allow more flexibility?
    • allow selecting which files should be stripped via special nostrip file.
  • config
    • cache reverse dependencies for faster lookups
    • cache manifests of installed packages for faster finding package by path
  • dependency
    • rewrite RecursiveDependencies()
      • guard against circular dependencies
      • properly handle make dependencies
    • guard against depending on itself
  • download
  • install
    • add a way to forcefully overwrite files in /etc/
    • guard against incomplete installation (due to ctrl+c, shutdown, ...)
    • directly extract tarball into / without using temporary directory
  • package
    • find by name
    • find by path
    • check required files (build, version, ...)
  • extract
    • git clone commit/branch
    • progress bar
  • remove
    • add a way to forcefully remove files in /etc/
    • guard against incomplete removal (due to ctrl+c, shutdown, ...)
  • source
    • handle https
    • handle git
      • commit
      • branch
    • handle absolute/relative files
    • ban VERSION, MAJOR, MINOR, ... variables support
  • tarball
    • find pre-built tarball by path
    • find pre-built tarball by package name
  • update
    • optionally exclude packages from update
    • add a way to skip updating repositories
    • fix go-git/go-git#37
  • validate
    • move errors into ValidateError struct?
  • verify
    • SKIP support will not be added. Instead, it will be banned at all. People should use --no-verify option to temporary disable checksums for debugging purposes. Checksums are completely mandatory now.
  • version
• completion
  • zsh
  • ...

Is this still kiss?

I don’t know but one of the Main reasons I like to use kiss is because it’s small Codebase.