Factor-packman:pkg-pack

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The pkg-pack command is used to create a Factor package from the source files, which can then be easily uploaded to a public repository or distributed manually.

The pkg-pack word has the following signature:

   pkg-pack ( pkg-location seq -- )

   :: pkg-location: the local path to the package source root directory as a string.
   :: seq: a sequence (list) of options to be used by the pkg-pack word.

This command automates the process of building a Factor package. It performs the following tasks:

   o) Add any META-DATA that it can gather from the source files and environment
      to the package-spec.factor file.
   o) Compute the MD5 / SHA256 hashes for all the source files and the
      package-spec.factor file.
   o) Create a tarball (.tar.bz2) of the source files, package-spec, and file
      hashes.
   o) Optionally: automatically upload the package to a repository.

The above-mentioned steps can be done manually, but it is better to use the pkg-pack command because it eliminates common errors.

It is not needed to manually add the source files of the package to the package-spec.factor file because the pkg-pack command automatically does this for you. This elminates the need to type hundreds of filenames if you are creating a package with a large number of source files.

Open Issue : Should the packages have .fpkg extension or just normal .tar.bz2