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Untz: Results of the App Installer meeting, and some thoughts on cross-distro collaboration

Untz: Results of the App Installer meeting, and some thoughts on cross-distro collaboration

Posted Jan 27, 2011 0:27 UTC (Thu) by garloff (subscriber, #319)
In reply to: Untz: Results of the App Installer meeting, and some thoughts on cross-distro collaboration by rahulsundaram
Parent article: Untz: Results of the App Installer meeting, and some thoughts on cross-distro collaboration

Well, I don't suggest end users should build most of their software themselves. But someone can do it. Most obvious choice would be the
upstream community itself.


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Untz: Results of the App Installer meeting, and some thoughts on cross-distro collaboration

Posted Jan 27, 2011 1:57 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link]

Upstream has enough work cut out for them just getting the base to work (and fix bugs), asking them to also track whatever a few hundred (eo even just a dozen "mainstream") distributions are up to is just over the top.

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