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@@ -699,23 +699,23 @@ such as:
- adding and removing third-party repositories,
- changelogs,
- `optional fully automatic non-interactive installation`_,
- `cryptographic signing of packages`_,
- `mandatory cryptographic signing of packages`_, [#]_
- backporting security fixes to stable versions,
- licensing metadata,
- and `sophisticated dependency management`_.
.. _cryptographic signing of packages: http://purplefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/signing-deb-packages/
.. [#] Windows provides the means to cryptographically sign ``.exe`` and ``.msi`` installers, but it is not required for installation. "The Windows installer verifies signatures on .msi packages. If a package has an invalid signature, the installer warns users before it installs the package."
.. _mandatory cryptographic signing of packages: http://purplefloyd.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/signing-deb-packages/
.. _sophisticated dependency management: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html
.. _optional fully automatic non-interactive installation: http://debian-handbook.info/browse/wheezy/sect.automatic-upgrades.html
Now, there is an open-source package manager for Windows, `Chocolatey`_,
that is under active development.
However, thus far the Chocolatey repository is not as comprehensive as Linux repositories.
Here are some examples of packages which are not in the Chocolatey repository (as of September 2014).
Here are some examples of packages which are not in the Chocolatey repository (as of November 2014).
- `KeePassX`_ password manager `* <http://chocolatey.org/packages?q=keepassx>`__
- `Apophysis`_ fractal flame editor `* <http://chocolatey.org/packages?q=apophysis>`__
- `xyscan`_ data extractor `* <https://chocolatey.or/packages?q=xyscan>`__
- `xyscan`_ data extractor `* <https://chocolatey.org/packages?q=xyscan>`__
- `HEPHAESTUS`_ periodic table for X-ray spectroscopy `* <https://chocolatey.org/packages?q=HEPHAESTUS>`__
- `EXPGUI`_ XRD analysis `* <https://chocolatey.org/packages?q=EXPGUI>`__
- `DiffPDF`_ PDF comparison `* <http://chocolatey.org/packages?q=DiffPDF>`__
@@ -725,7 +725,6 @@ Here are some examples of packages which are not in the Chocolatey repository (a
- `Cura`_ 3D printer control `* <http://chocolatey.org/packages?q=Cura>`__
.. _Chocolatey: http://chocolatey.org/
.. _KeePassX: https://www.keepassx.org/
.. _Apophysis: http://www.apophysis.org/
.. _xyscan: http://star.physics.yale.edu/~ullrich/xyscanDistributionPage/
.. _HEPHAESTUS: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~ravel/software/doc/Hephaestus/hephaestus.html