camlunity/barbra — comment on commit 4c28c7d9dc51ed2da0e25c33176f85a02597152f
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By thelema:

One thing not done here is to distinguish Oasis-db from `odb`. Oasis-db is an on-line database of packages, mostly using oasis for package metadata. `odb` is a simple ocaml program similar to `barbra` that originally used only Oasis-db as a source for package metadata and tarballs. With the help of a `packages` file that provides package metadata (like dependencies, where to download, type of package), `odb` is able to install from local directories, local tarballs, as well as git, svn, cvs, hg and darcs repositories. `odb` is < 500 lines of ocaml in a single file, designed to be run without being compiled, and depending only on ocaml and findlib, so I'd count it as pretty light-weight.