Edgy Third Party Package Management

[Florian Zeitz]

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Jerry Haltom schrieb:
> LSB defines RPM as the standard or something, doesn't it? :)
> 
> I think it's an okay sacrifice to make to recognize that Yes, there are
> multiple versions of Linux, just like of Windows, and Yes, if you want
> the best experience for users on each version, you might have to spend a
> little time tailoring your distribution methods. That's simply the way
> the world is right now.
> 

You forgot something very important. Windows has only 5 versions one
would actively want to support, because they are used. But for GNU/Linux
there are probably over 100 distributions (even if only 5 are really
major) and each has at least 2 versions that are actively used.
It is not really practicable to support all this systems for a ISV IHMO.

I don't know a solution either. LSB isn't really a good solution, but
each distribution doing their own thing isn't good either...

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