Wikidata:Property proposal/Parabola package
Parabola package[edit]
Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic
| Description | name of the official Arch Parabola package |
|---|---|
| Data type | External identifier |
| Example 1 | Linux-libre (Q665683) → linux-libre, linux-libre-lts, linux-libre-pae (This is different form Arch Linux which doesn't use linux-libre) |
| Example 2 | uboot4extlinux-am335x_bone (Q104778386) → uboot4extlinux-am335x_bone (Here the BeagleBone Black (Q104778319) is compatible with (P8956) uboot4extlinux-am335x_bone (Q104778386) which would have "Parabola package" uboot4extlinux-am335x_bone. So it would be possible to find which bootloader package to install for that Single board computer when installing Parabola on it) |
| Example 3 | GIMP (Q8038) → gimp (This is similar to Arch Linux) |
| Example 4 | YaCy (Q1759675) → yacy (In Arch Linux, yacy is in Arch User Repository (Q17521339) (link) instead of the main package repository. Arch User Repository (Q17521339) is a completely different system as there are no binary packages but PKGBUILDs that software can pick and build automatically. In contrast, in Parabola yacy is in the pcr repository (link) which is enabled by default) |
| Formatter URL | https://www.parabola.nu/packages/$1 |
| See also | Arch Linux package (P3454), AUR package (P4162), Fedora package (P3463), Ubuntu package (P3473), PyPI project (P5568) |
Motivation[edit]
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre (Q3308694) is a 100% free software, FSF certified GNU/Linux distribution that is derived from Arch Linux and some of it's derivatives.
It reuses packages from various distributions:
| Architecture | Base |
| armv7h | Arch Linux ARM |
| i686 | Arch Linux 32 (i686?) |
| x86_64 | Arch Linux |
On top of that, it blacklists nonfree packages and also add its own packages on top (to provide 100% free replacements for packages, new packages, package software from Aur, etc).
Because of that there isn't a 1:1 mapping between Parabola, Arch Linux or any of its derivatives.
In my case, I want to tell that the BeagleBone Black (Q104778319) is compatible with (P8956) uboot4extlinux-am335x_bone (Q104778386) which has a "Parabola package" set to uboot4extlinux-am335x_bone. This way, with software, I can know that BeagleBone Black (Q104778319) is compatible with (P8956) uboot4extlinux-am335x_bone (Q104778386) and that for installing Parabola GNU/Linux-libre (Q3308694) on it, I need to install the uboot4extlinux-am335x_bone package.
I actually co-maintain several u-boot package definitions in Parabola, and in the long run I'd also be able to reuse information from Wikidata to generate documentation for the supported ARM computers, but we still need to setup the infrastructure part needed to do that (like enable Wikidata support in Mediawiki).
I guess that it's also generally useful to have distribution packages in general so other people might also have a need for it which cover different use cases. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by GNUtoo (talk • contribs) at 20:19, January 11, 2021 (UTC).
Discussion[edit]
Support NMaia (talk) 01:59, 13 January 2021 (UTC)- Support --Tinker Bell ★ ♥ 07:34, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
- @GNUtoo, NMaia:
Done. I didn't add the examples because I think the packages should have their own items. But you can add the proposal examples if you don't think so. --Tinker Bell ★ ♥ 20:31, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
