[plt-dev] Re: [plt-scheme] End-user instructions for upgrading single PLaneT package

Matthias Felleisen wrote:
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> On May 18, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Robby Findler wrote:
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>> Just to be clear, I essentially agree with everything you've written.
>> We do need something better and tool support for it. A GUI that helps
>> the user's control the upgrades would be a great idea. (IF you were to
>> write one I'd be happy to take it!)
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> I am still wondering whether drscheme could support a GUI that
> shows what's available at Planet and even compares the versions
> there and in your cache. Then a simple 'click' could warn you
> of potential problems before you install the latest version.
>
I started a little gui for this last week. Here is a functional demo:
http://planet.plt-scheme.org/display.ss?package=planet-manager.plt&owner=kazzmir

Obviously needs a lot of work. One major problem is the planet database 
is not query-able. Right now I'm doing html screenscraping by reading 
http://planet.plt-scheme.org.