I completely agree, but I doubt we are going to see any real packaging system for a closed source OS like Mac and Windows, unless they move the iPhone appstore to cover their Desktops. It is just to difficult for these companies used to charging a metric load of cash for their OS to wrap their heads around making it easy to install them. I used to use win-get on a windows box for gigles too, now if only the guys who made that could get it to talk to windows updates :P
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Jeff Waugh <[email protected]> wrote: > <quote who="Morgan Storey"> > > > Uhh Darwin ports... it basically gives you apt-get for mac. I am not a > fan > > of macs but I am pretty sure it has been around for a while: > > http://darwinports.com/ > > That's an add-on, not a core part of the operating system. Really, > packaging > doesn't count until the entire system is built with it (or you have a > versioned, consistent API/ABI core that the packaging system can sit on). > > - Jeff > > -- > linux.conf.au 2010: Wellington, NZ > http://www.penguinsvisiting.org.nz/ > > "Well, you know us usability folks... We like to believe that the two > aren't mutually exclusive." - Calum Benson on power and cleanliness > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
