Package zeroinstall :: Package injector :: Module distro :: Class Distribution

Class Distribution

object --+
         |
        Distribution

Represents a distribution with which we can integrate. Sub-classes should specialise this to integrate with the package managers of particular distributions. This base class ignores the native package manager.

Since: 0.28

Instance Methods

get_package_info(self, package, factory)
Get information about the given package.

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __init__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

Properties
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

get_package_info(self, package, factory)

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Get information about the given package. Add zero or more implementations using the factory (typically at most two will be added; the currently installed version and the latest available).

Parameters:

package (str) - package name (e.g. "gimp")
factory (str -> model.DistributionImplementation) - function for creating new DistributionImplementation objects from IDs