On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Philip Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will simply say, that the more popular linux distributions, take the > opposite view: that the purpose of "the package", is to install, configure, > and make functional, the desired software, in a completely automated > fashion, as much as possible. > > THAT, is what makes linux popular!!
Actually, one of the most unpopular things about GNU/Linux distributions tends to be how packaging works. As "easy" as it may appear to be sometimes, it's still often a nightmare for users. I think Danek and the others are right. Hyperbole isn't going to help you prove your point. > I recently had an encounter with a sysadmin, who normally runs on solaris, > but set up a new service on linux... *specifically* because he didnt have to > do any tweaking.. he just did [foo install software], and it was all set > up, running, and ready to go. ...and the package can do that. I don't see the problem in moving it outside of the context of packaging. > To make the solaris experience as pleasant as the linux experience, the > extra automated handholding, must be done by "the packager". > As such, it seems to me to make the most sense, to give "the packager" the > maximum amount of flexibility and power, in "the packaging tools and > framework". I don't see how the packager can't still do that. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
