Drug research and development software repository and software package management system

A drug research and development software repository, characterized in including:

• a user authentication module, a software package upload and index creation module, a baseline release management module, an authorization management module, a software package retrieval and download module, an adapter plug-in, and a storage layer;
• wherein
• the user authentication module uses a command line tool or a web page on a front end to access software repository resources after authenticated through a username and a password or an application identification and a secret key;
• the software package upload and index creation module uploads a software package and metadata of the software package through the command line tool or the web page, wherein the metadata is stored as meta information in a relational database for indexing after the software repository receives data from the front end, then the corresponding adapter plug-in is selected according to a package type, and store the software package in a corresponding storage source;
• the baseline release management module provides two main functions including baseline creation and baseline upgrade for a baseline management;
• the baseline release management module creates a baseline for a large software to be released on a web interface, and selects software package components that constitute the baseline and a version of each software package to complete release of a software baseline;
• after a period of iteration, when a new stable version is reached, the baseline release management module selects the baseline upgrade, then a version number of each component is changed, and new software package components are added;
• the authorization management module adopts role-based access control for authorization management, and the corresponding software package is retrieved and installed only after the account is authorized;
• the software package retrieval and download module, after being authenticated by an authorized account, retrieves and downloads the software package within an authorized scope;
• the adapter plug-in, which is built-in or provided by a user, adapts to different underlying software repositories, so that different object storage systems are connect to third-party software repositories for storage and download;
• the storage layer uses object storage services and the third-party software repositories as storage services to store software packages and uses the relational database to store software package indexes and other metadata.