More, less, and a story of typical Unix fossilization

Post by mastazi » Sun, Aug 28, 2016, 1:42 AM UTC

sjellis wrote: post #120

mastazi wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh I actually did know about the package manager, but I didn't know that that's coming to *NIX through PowerShell. For reference: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/packagemanagement/2015/0... If I remember well, some time ago MS announced that on Windows you would be able to use Chocolatey as an additional source, which I thought was interesting.

PowerShell itself now has a packaging system and public repository for modules: http://www.powershellgallery.com/ PowerShell for Windows got this earlier in the year, and it's part of PowerShell Core. So with PS Core, you should be able to start a freshly installed copy of PS on whatever OS you are using, and add the AWS modules with this command: Install-Module AWSPowerShell.NetCore (Warning: this command does not w…

Post by sjellis » Mon, Aug 29, 2016, 2:44 PM UTC

mastazi wrote: post #121

sjellis wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PowerShell itself now has a packaging system and public repository for modules: http://www.powershellgallery.com/ PowerShell for Windows got this earlier in the year, and it's part of PowerShell Core. So with PS Core, you should be able to start a freshly installed copy of PS on whatever OS you are using, and add the AWS modules with this command: Install-Module AWSPowerShell.NetCore (Warning: this command does not w…

Thanks, I had a look and it's interesting, do you know if the Power Shell Library is just a distribution channel based on the Win 10 package management system that I linked in my previous comment, or is it a completely separate product?

Post by JdeBP » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 3:46 PM UTC

SixSigma wrote: post #60

frederikvs wrote: post #8

I can see the fossilization, but I don't see what's so typical Unix of that phenomenon. Windows still includes cmd.exe with all its broken, retarded features, while it has powershell, which is supposedly (no experience myself) a little less retarded.

But that was originally command.com, to command.exe to cmd.exe There is no "edit" or "edlin" any more or "ftp" or "telnet" or "tr" :(

Post by mastazi » Sun, Sep 04, 2016, 5:02 AM UTC

sjellis wrote: post #124

sjellis wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AIUI, PackageManagement really is literally just a convenience API for providing a consistent set of calls for driving arbitrary package management systems, and has no package management capabilities at all itself. It's actually not Windows-specific. The actual package management system for PowerShell modules is PowerShellGet. On Mac, PowerShell Core includes PackageManagement, and two "providers" - an adapter for Po…

Urgh, double-post and no edit or delete options - thanks, HN.