* Bodo Bauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [001023 16:04]: > Eric S. Raymond ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Nicholas Petreley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Instead, we should define an installation protocol that > > > looks for programs and libraries within the filesystem > > > itself in order to detect if dependencies are met. > > > > Nick, I think this is a case where the search for perfection is far less > > important that getting a solution in place that does 90% of the job and > > can evolve to do 100%. > > I (as an ex Zenguin guy...:) agree with Eric. We have RPM and it works well > in most of the cases. A 100% solution is too much of a dream to become > reality any time soon. And quite frankly I don't know if I'd like to > have one and only one package format. Competition is good and it drives > technology (see Gnome/KDE... :).
Huh? One of my main points was that a protocol approach allows you to use any package format. -Nick -- ********************************************************** Nicholas Petreley Caldera Systems - LinuxWorld/InfoWorld [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.petreley.com - Eph 6:12 ********************************************************** .
