purl support (a.k.a. package URL)

[pombredanne]

FYI, not a bug: These links of mine may be amusing or interesting to you:

• a universal syntax for package names and version https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/ https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/package_url_and_version_range_spec/
• another hackish script for https://xkcd.com/1654/ https://gist.github.com/pombredanne/d3585617882f91d9316be5ce5eddf190

[kdeldycke]

Now that's interesting. Thanks @pombredanne for the hints!

I have no objection adding some sort of purl support in mpm. It looks neat, active and documented. Bonus point: there's a Python library available.

What would be the ideal purl support in mpm? Do you have some ideas?

I guess we can start with supporting a minimal use-case. Maybe as a first step we can try to replace your "hackish script" with vanilla mpm. What this would looks like? What do you think of being able to do:

$ mpm --xkcd install pkg:npm/left-pad pkg:pypi/boolean.py@3.7 pkg:deb/zlib1g-dev pkg:gem/bundler

[kdeldycke]

I just implemented support for purl for install subcommand. It will be available in the upcoming release of mpm 5.8.0.

@pombredanne, you'll be able to replace your eclectic package manager (epm) with mpm 5.8.0! 😉

More subcommand will support it in the future.

[pombredanne]

You positively rock! 🙇

[kdeldycke]

@pombredanne mpm v5.8.0 has been released: https://twitter.com/kdeldycke/status/1577646239474139138

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