# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion (March 8, 2010)

• Kanzure proposed a "hardware package management" system using Git repositories with metadata for physical objects, noting that unlike software, hardware dependencies can't be freely instantiated as copies.

• The discussion highlighted ikiwiki as a potential platform for hardware package management, with recent improvements through plugins, though it previously suffered from configuration complexity and limited markdown support.

• Kanzure criticized STL files (common in RepRap and Makerbot communities) for hardware modeling because they lack support for parametric redesign, curves, colors, and surfaces needed for proper hardware representation.

• Thesnark and kanzure discussed hacking the Emotiv EPOC headset, with thesnark working on replacing the encryption chip to access raw data, while kanzure attempted to extract the AES encryption key from the device's DLL files.

• Technical solutions were shared for media processing challenges, including methods to concatenate AVI files without transcoding using mencoder.

• Superkuh mentioned completing a 32GB Nature journal archive download and discussed wget configuration issues related to handling 404 errors when updating files.