[erlang-questions] Erlang package manager

[Zachary Kessin]

As the elixir guys already have hex i think a very useful thing would be 
for an erlang package tool to be able to use hex packages and vice versa.

On the erlang VM we have Erlang, Elixir, LFE, ErlyDTL and a few other 
languages all of which can generate a .beam file. What I would love to 
see is a way that I can use a package
without caring (much) about which language it was written in.

--Zach

On 12/16/2014 01:41 PM, Bruce Yinhe wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Industrial Erlang User Group (IEUG) has been working together with the 
> Erlang/OTP team to investigate and create a package management system 
> for Erlang/OTP.
>
> The lack of a package management system for Erlang has been discussed 
> for a long time in the community. In essence, a straightforward 
> package management system is believed to take Erlang programming 
> language a step forward. Multiple tools will appear in the community. 
> It needs to be supported by a highly visible community behind it.
>
>
> In order to increase the adoption and to result in a tool widely used 
> in the Erlang ecosystem, we are identifying the most important user 
> categories and use cases, based on what the majority of the community 
> want in a package manager. Therefore we would like to invite an open 
> discussion.
>
> Now you are welcome to share your thoughts, suggestions or proposals 
> about an Erlang package manager. It would be great if you could reply 
> with your motivation, explaining why a feature is necessary to have. 
> There are some example questions to begin the dicussion with, 
> including, but not limited to the following.
>
>   * What metadata information should an Erlang package include?
>   * What functionality do you need in a package manager for Erlang in
>     order to use it in production?
>   * What other concerns do you have about an Erlang package management
>     system?
>
> Erlang package manager's brief wish list of features:
>
>   * Console interface
>   * Web interface
>   * Package Index and Repository
>   * Fetch, Install and Remove Packages
>   * Publish packages
>   * Versioning and Dependency Management
>
> We are aware of several previous efforts and existing tools that 
> attempt to achieve the similar goal. We want to look at existing 
> things, both from Erlang and Elixir, to see if they fit the 
> requirements. If not, we will then have to make something new, perhaps 
> as a rewrite of an existing tool.
>
> The IEUG members are putting together requirements for a package 
> manager and will work with the community and Ericsson to create a 
> standard and address any voids which exists in the existing tooling, 
> funding necessary efforts required.
>
> Best regards
>
> Bruce Yinhe
>
> Erlang Community Manager
> Industrial Erlang User Group
> community-manager@REDACTED <mailto:community-manager@REDACTED>
> +46 72 311 43 89
>
>
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