On Friday 27 July 2007 13:44, Paul Dann wrote:
> My thoughts
> particularly lie with programs being re-locatable (ie not necessarily in
> the /Programs dir).
Out of curiosity, what do you see as the advantage for this?
> I believe ChrootCompile produces packages, is that right? (I'm
> afraid I haven't put much time into trying it yet.) This sounds ideal
> to me. I much prefer the idea of ending up with a package, rather than
> it being installed directly like Compile, and the chroot jail has
> obvious advantages. I think it's the low coupling that appeals to me in
> this. Combining this with the above idea, it would be great to be able
> to run a program that I've just compiled, just by double-clicking on the
> package. Do you have anything along these lines planned already?
Say that you like the program; then what? I think one reason that programs
are automatically installed is because if they are to be used more than once,
it makes sense to keep them in one logical place. It doesn't make sense to
keep everything on (for example) the desktop, as that has potential to become
a organizational nightmare, fast. After all, there's not only the application
to consider, but the libraries it depends upon as well. Where do those go?
To answer one of your questions, while I'm not a developer, I don't
believe there is anything like what you suggest in the pipeline. People have
talked about ZeroInstall and Rox, but those are side projects by individuals.
:Peter
_______________________________________________
gobolinux-devel mailing list
gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org
http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
