On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 11:26 -0400, Joe Shaw wrote: > > There is technically the new .autopackage format, but its pretty rare > > atm and basically derives all of its information from a rpm or deb > > package. Should the format take off, we can deal with it then, but it > > looks to be collapsing under its own weight.
Autopackages are not generated from RPMs or DEBs. They're independently generated from their own .apspec file. > In a former life I spent a lot of time pining for a new packaging > format. Unless a large distribution picks it up, it's dead in the > water. I believe one of the big advantages of autopackage is that it's distro-neutral and geared towards applications which aren't shipped with the distros. Anyway, I'm not an autopackage expert. Richard _______________________________________________ Dashboard-hackers mailing list Dashboard-hackers@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dashboard-hackers
