New package index system
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groggemans commented
Key features:
- Relatively secure to try out other people's dotfiles found in the default index (
ellipsis/index) - Good support for third party indexes
- Search feature (+ option to view more detailed info?)
- Separate option to search for packages on GitHub (search file:ellipsis.sh)
Some ideas:
- Markdown based index (widely known, easy to parse/read and directly publishable on a website)
- Allow multiple indexes (like apt etc.) and make it possible to remove the default index for more security
- Option to install all packages from a third party index (quick way to install all your packages)
Some questions:
- What info do we keep in the index (branches?, detailed descriptions?, ...)
- Security policy for packages (keep and check hashes? Review each user/package/branch?)
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