Autopackage for Ubuntu!

[thephotoman]

Autopackage is already used for FOSS commercial software.  The GIMP has 
a .package file out there, as does Gaim.  Frankly, I find it much easier 
to keep up with Gaim using their .package than I do with the .deb 
packages, as the autopackage comes out quicker (it's an official 
package, so it releases with the source).  Furthermore, it doesn't even 
blink with the dependencies...it just installs them--something that dpkg 
doesn't do without apt-get.

I frankly like it because it's universal.  Compile one binary nad 
distribute it to those who don't want to deal with source, instead of 
compiling multiple RPMs, a .deb package, ebuild, and tgz packages. 
Furthermore, no worries about dependencies on any system, as previously 
mentioned.

Martin Alderson wrote:
> Source isn't perfect at all, unless you are a speed freak. Noone is
> going to wait hours for a new program to compile and suffer a much
> slower system while they are compiling. Plus, commercial software will
> not be able to use it.
> 
> Linux is going to need commercial software - there is no way that OSS
> can replace every tiny niche software product. Why not comprimise and
> allow commercial software to blend in and give it few hassles to work
> with, instead of giving ISV's loads of problems and cause
> compatibility issues?
> 
> Autopackage will solve a hell of a lot of problems. I think it's
> essential to get it into the 'techie' distros to give it a good going
> over and beat the bugs out of it, and to encourage more packages to
> get packaged with it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:59:55 +1100, Shimon <shimen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Thats why there is a deb-src rep with every binary rep to be able to
>>rebuild it. and i have install a few binary deb from debian on SuSE
>>iwith out any problems
>>
>>On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:38:16 +0100, Sascha Morr
>><sascha.morr at sturmkind.info> wrote:
>>
>>>Shimon schrieb:
>>>
>>>>and anyone with dpkg installed can install a deb
>>>
>>>Yes that right! but a SuSE, Redhat, Fedora, Mandrake etc. user could not
>>>use it!
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>Sascha
>>>
>>
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>>
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