On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Johan Vromans <jvrom...@squirrel.nl> wrote: > Debian, and most other systems have decent package- and install > managers. *They* maintain the database with installed distributions, > releases and files. The only good approach for us is to play with them. > > So, an enhanced META.yaml or whatsoever may be a good idea, but *only* > to generate a deb control file, or rpm spec file, or innosetup file and > so on. > > It is no longer neccessary to handle everything ourselves. We're not > alone anymore.
There are many ways to deploy stuff, not everyone uses rpm/deb, there are good reasons not to do so: for starters it assumes you have root privileges. Leon
