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diff --git a/punani/README.md b/punani/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index 1b70eab7..00000000 --- a/punani/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -Overview -======= -Punani is a meta packagemanager comprising a server which resolves package -requests and a client containing the logic to find the best suitable packer -on the host system. Packagenames in Punani are binaries in the PATH. All -library packages are named in the Principle of Least Surprise[1]. Different -package names can resolve into the same package. - -If you want to install the `hostname` tool, the query is - punani install hostname -on an archlinux this will result in the call : - pacman --noconfirm -Sy --needed inetutils - -[1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_Least_Surprise - -Punani Client -============ -The punani client will determine which packer are available on the system -and then send a request to the punani server to find out how the given -package is called with the given packer. In addition to that, the client -will add flags to the packers call in order to install packages only when -needed and disable user interaction. - -Punani Server -============ - -The punani server is a web-service which resolves request in the following -manner: - localhost/$packer/$package -The result is the package-name with the given packer or 404 if not found. |