-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Hatfield wrote: >> Yes, but things pile up. Packages depend on packages depend on >> packages etc. Packager has very hard time to get these right. >> And speaking of Avg. Joe trying to install them.. > > Anybody else looking forward the maturation of Klik? > http://www.opensuse.org/SUPER_KLIK
Now Klik has very little to do with this. Or, rather, Klik definately does *not* solve this, it's the exact opposite. Klik - at least as of now - requires having such a "base system" consisting of a certain number of packages, including things like KDE and GNOME. Actually what we're talking about mostly turns around such a base system. Klik simply makes the assumption that, as you're using SUSE 10.0, you're having a certain number of libraries installed. Those are not "packaged" as part of the cmg image. Which means that if you don't have a certain library installed that Klik assumes you have, the application simply won't run. Period. It'll die very quickly during runtime linkage. Klik is great at other things (1-click-install, a single file for an application, use as non-root user, transportable image, it doesn't install files on your system, etc...). But this is precisely one of its defects: where to draw the line between what's part of such a "base system" and what's not. My point, about this and as a reply to Janne, is that Linux is a highly modular system, and that it's actually one of it's key benefits. Which means that there is no such thing as a "base system". Klik excels on so-called "live" distributions that consist of a read-only ISO/CD/DVD, because you always have the same set of packages installed. There, you actually have a base system, as it doesn't vary. cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDZVZIr3NMWliFcXcRAs4pAJ47IOdagMXhzwLPAFkopRrxVeQ4YwCgiYTT IgPadz4JsNtzHd2JAmzUFYY= =qmX9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
