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eXist-db / xst

Command line tool to interact with exist-db instances
https://npmjs.com/@existdb/xst
MIT License
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allow `xst package install` to fetch packages from a repository before installation #80

Open line-o opened 1 year ago

line-o commented 1 year ago

Enhancement

This might be handy for instances who do not have access to any package repository. xst would act as a proxy, fetching the package then uploading and installing it in the instance that is connected.

Alternatives

Not doing implementing this feature, because it is not worth it.

joewiz commented 1 year ago

Could you describe the current behavior? What does xst currently treat as its package repository?

joewiz commented 1 year ago

Is this related to https://github.com/eXist-db/xst/issues/13 ?

line-o commented 1 year ago

xst does not have a package repository but tells the exist-db instance it is connected to which repository to use for dependency resolution.

line-o commented 1 year ago

@joewiz yes, both issues are related insofar that they allow to specify a repository other than the public one on exist-db.org. This feature here would be interesting if the instance itself cannot access any repository. Here, xst would do the package fetching and then upload the package(s) and call install-and-deploy-from-db. Naturally, you would have to care for those to be installed in the correct order, so that all dependencies are met at installation time.

line-o commented 1 year ago

Pretty much like the autodeploy folder works.