On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Enrico Weigelt <weig...@metux.de> wrote:
> Okay, we're talking about ways to deploy an arbitrary binary > package (built somewhere else, fully out of the scope of the > users's distro) to an arbitratry location. > > But: WHY ? > What is the problem that should be solved by that ? because this is the 21st century in which (1) applications consist of more than a binary executable (2) users like easy-to-install-and-remove programs (3) ISV's like ways to provide users with easy-to-install-and-remove-programs (4) ISV's need to know that the versions of the library they are linked against is the correct one (5) applications written using C++ have a whole additional set of problems, which i will not detail here (6) some ISVs do not want their software to be primarily distributed by dozens of per-distro packagers. The splintering of linux into dozens of different distros, all with their own particular foibles, means that its much easier to approach things from a "bundle" perspective. _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
