I see the point for package managers... but wouldn't it be "better" or speed adoption if the packages self-managed and then is no reason to have the .deb vs. .rpm vs. ect... normal users dont want to remember how to un-tar... windows and mac make it simple... click here to install... drag to the applications folder... maybe im crazy
-REB On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/12/5 Richard Baker <[email protected]>: > > Why don't more *nix dev's... > > Write rolled up install scripts... like the installer for VMware > Player... > > One .sh file that has all the needed elements rolled up in it uuencoded > > directly in the script... > > I know *nix users like to "have control" but doesn't it make sense??> or > am > > I off base... > > Sanity Check?? > > Isn't that what distributions and their package managers are for? > > Robin > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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