Packages proposal questions

Hi folks,

I get the feeling people are not really seeing the link between the
module proposals and the package proposal:

  http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:modules_packages

If my perception is correct, then could you folks please give me some
pointers as to what is unclear, and I will try to clarify on the list
and/or in the doc?

Thanks!

Ihab

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Ihab A.B. Awad, Palo Alto, CA

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:28 AM,  <ihab.awad at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I get the feeling people are not really seeing the link between the
> module proposals and the package proposal:
>
>  http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:modules_packages
>
> If my perception is correct, then could you folks please give me some
> pointers as to what is unclear, and I will try to clarify on the list
> and/or in the doc?

Is this based on something implemented in Caja?  The general goals
seem good, but it seems a bit abstract and hard to see how it will
turn out in practice.  Perhaps some concrete examples will help.  For
example:

- startup.com wants to make an application with an API from ebay.com,
using these modules...
- json.org publishes a package for a JSON validator at json.org/json.zip ...
- the app is "secure" because ...
- administrators can independently upgrade their packages because ...

At least I think that's the kind of thing you're getting at.

Andy