Create an application that will be a package manager for the language R.

R language packages can be found here: http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/ The application should represent the package list from the file http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES

Features:

• download file PACKAGES and parse it (you can use ready-gem)
• create a model representing packages
• save package information in the database (description, title, authors, version, maintainers, license, publication date)

Detailed data on specific packages can be found in DESCRIPTION files inside * .tar.gz packages

Requirements:

• standard Rails application
• database (mysql / postgres / sqlite - to choose)
• rake task for refreshing package data
• tests
• controllers, views and UI are not required (models and data support only)