Edgy Third Party Package Management

[Patrick McFarland]

On Friday 02 June 2006 11:25, Florian Zeitz wrote:
> 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...

Yeah, but I can easily say all other distros aren't worth supporting. Release 
Ubuntu debs, release generic RPMs that work on a few RPM-based distros (note, 
is this even possible without static link hell?), and move on with life.

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