Re: Software collections in Debian?

2017-02-11 Thread Curt
On 2017-02-10, Jeremy Voorhis wrote: > > I've used Software Collections for deployment of server software, and I can > say they do a lot less than tools like flatpak or snap. Besides being Less or more? Or is less more, more or less? > agnostic to

Re: Software collections in Debian?

2017-02-10 Thread Jeremy Voorhis
I've used Software Collections for deployment of server software, and I can say they do a lot less than tools like flatpak or snap. Besides being agnostic to desktop sessions, they try to address the problem of outdated versions of CentOS/RHEL packages which are difficult to replace (like Python),

Re: Software collections in Debian?

2017-02-10 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Floris wrote: > > This sounds like flatpak > http://flatpak.org/ > > and is available in Debian > Thanks much. But sadly, from http://flatpak.org/faq.html "Flatpak is designed to run inside a desktop session and relies on certain session

Re: Software collections in Debian?

2017-02-10 Thread Floris
Op Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:51:20 +0100 schreef Curt <cu...@free.fr>: On 2017-02-10, Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote: On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:55:24AM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: Does Debian support the "software collections" machinery from RedHat? O

Re: Software collections in Debian?

2017-02-10 Thread Curt
On 2017-02-10, Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:55:24AM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: >>Does Debian support the "software collections" machinery from RedHat? Or will >>it support them in the near future? Goo

Re: Software collections in Debian?

2017-02-10 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:55:24AM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: Does Debian support the "software collections" machinery from RedHat? Or will it support them in the near future? Googling indicates that the answer is "no" but I can't find a flat-out statement so far.

Software collections in Debian?

2017-02-10 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
Does Debian support the "software collections" machinery from RedHat? Or will it support them in the near future? Googling indicates that the answer is "no" but I can't find a flat-out statement so far. Thanks...Nick G