Quoting Andreas Tille (2013-04-25 09:20:59) > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 09:43:48PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > ... > > A distribution (any, most) is the gel that binds and gives an unified > > and coherent shape to the software ecosystem. > > +1 (to everything even the cutted part) > > > An app store is just like a scrapyard, you might find magnificent > > and isolated gems there, but most of it will probably be junk, or > > not combine with the other scrap parts. > > I honestly wonder if there is some more general definition for the > term "app store" besides what according to[1] certain companies have > made out of it. Following the logic that "app store" is crap because > some companies provide it as such we are terribly lucky that they did > not choose the term "distribution" for their crap. I personally can > not find something wrong in a *generic* term "application store" and I > would not seriously object if someone would call Debian an app store > done the right way.
If by "not seriously object" you mean that you would object but with a smile and continue your great meal together, rather than leave the party and file a lawsuit, then I agree with you... To me, calling Debian an "app store" would be only misleading. To me an "app store" is for "topping op" a system, not the system itself. Debian is no app store: content is not only apps nor app-centric, and aim is not to archive nor to sell, but to streamline and distribute. When I need an alternative term to describe what "distribution" means, I use "library": Like librarians we care not only about the individual "books" of software, and not only about the "novels", but about long-term cohesive structure of the library as a whole. Libraries also has the connotation of "collecting dust" which arguably is descriptive for (stable) Debian as well ;-) - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130425100011.12767.1...@bastian.jones.dk