Autopackage for Ubuntu!

[Martin Alderson]

Any plans to use autopackage (autopackage.org) which would solve most,
if not all, Linux install problems (distro-neutral packages, automatic
dependancy resolution with no central dependancy database, iirc,
bootiful GUI for both GTK and QT, etc etc).

I don't want to argue on apt-get. It's a nice solution... for now.
I'll just cover some brief points why apt-get ain't no good for 'big
marketshare use':
1) There will be too much software for a central repo to handle and
test it. You'd need a petabyte just to store games from the last few
years, on Windows at least.
2) Software makers could have their own repos, but that has more
problems - the fact you have loads of conflicting repos in your
sources.list and you are distro-specific.

So basically, for commercial (or even 'easy' non-commercial) software
installation, apt-get is a 'sorta-works-but-will-break-in-the-future'
solution. If you say that 'we' don't need commercial software, you are
kidding yourself. Games for example could never be IMO non-commerical,
unless we all paid a $35/mo subscription fee to play them but the
original game is free. Or something. Just think that in a game it's
probably 10% useful-to-other-projects code and 90% artwork, modelling,
sounds which is going to be almost always 'game specific'

Anyway, any chance we could have autopackage soon? They are API stable
now and they have some great packages for very hard to install stuff.

Regards,
Martin.