Software repository question

Billie Walsh bilwalsh at swbell.net
Wed May 25 04:06:04 UTC 2011


On 05/24/2011 10:07 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2011, Billie Walsh wrote:
>
>> On 05/24/2011 12:28 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>>> .........snip.......
>>>
>>>> Installing software on Linux has gotten progressively easier over
>>>> the years, down to being downright foolproof in Ubuntu's Application
>>>> Center. However, there is still the problem of each distribution
>>>> relying on its own frontends and backends, and this needs to be
>>>> addressed. Members from all the major Linux distributions have held
>>>> several talks, and have come up with a solution which is already
>>>> being implemented.
>>>
>>> Which is....?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If you had followed the link in the e-mail you would know.
>
> Yep. You sure are right. Unfortunately the link is dead on my box. I
> think I have a browser or mail client problem. Off to research.X
>

The gist of the rest of the article was that they have figured a way to 
do it and already have most of it set up but have made no official 
release announcement.

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