unicornpkg specification

Package remotes are a feature in unicornpkg that allow you to download package tables semi-automatically.

Specification

Remote

The remote is a simple HTTPS server. It's usually a GitHub repository, but other hosts should work fine.

Each package should be a file on the package remote ending in .lua.

All packages on the remote should return valid package tables.

Retrieval on the client

The client will have a folder called /etc/unicorn/remotes/ that will contain one serialised file per remote. Each serialised file should contain a url keyword specifiying the full HTTP path to the remote, as well as a packages table that contains known packages from that remote.

unicorn.hoof.update() should parse each file in /etc/unicorn/remotes and update the packages table.

unicorn.hoof.get() should parse each file in /etc/unicorn/remotes/ and download the requested file to /tmp/unicorn/{package_name}.lua, and then unicorn.install() should install said file.