spkg 1.0 RC8 review

spkg project is a reimplementation of Slackware package manager (pkgtools)

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 159K Developer: Ondrej Jirman

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spkg project is a reimplementation of Slackware package manager (pkgtools). Dependencies are not handled as they are supposed to be resolved at the higher level.

Here are some key features of "spkg":
Extreme symplicity. Just like pkgtools.
Fast installation (approx. 10% faster than tar xzf)
Fast unistallation (faster than rm -rf)
Robust implementation. (nearly all error conditions are checked)
Rollback functionality. (no file left behind policy ;-))
Full compatibility with legacy Slackware package database.
Everything is libified. (see docs) You can implement new commands easily.
Easy access to the package database thanks to libification.

Requirements:
GLib
Judy

What's New in This Release:
Small bugs were fixed.
The --disable-legacy configure option was added to enable new features in the future.
Currently, it enables storing symlinks directly in a tgz package.