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Mozilla's web app store debuts in Firefox for AndroidMozilla's web app store debuts in Firefox for AndroidPosted Oct 20, 2012 13:57 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: Mozilla's web app store debuts in Firefox for Android by debacle Parent article: Mozilla's web app store debuts in Firefox for Android
Repository is fundamentally different from App Store. App Store makes it possible for the different competing parties to upload stuff. Even if there are review process (as in Apple's App Store) it looks on each app in isolation (sometimes Apple decides not to permit the app when it's competes with offers from Apple itself, but of course this is an aberration, not something to celebrate). Repository tries to create coherent whole from the disparate packages. It's easy see the difference: you can install apps from dozens of App Stores on Android - and the phone will work like a phone in the end, but try to mix dozens of random PPAs - and you can easily reach the state where the result will refuse to even boot. P.S. Of course it's entirely possible to offer examples of conflicting applications for Android and it's possible to show dozen of PPAs which don't conflict. This is about principle, not about the details: App Stores are designed to offer random software from random vendors which you can install without thinking—and sometimes it fails while repository offers coherent whole and is not designed to be mixed with other repositories—although sometimes you can do that if you are lucky.
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Mozilla's web app store debuts in Firefox for Android Posted Oct 21, 2012 22:03 UTC (Sun) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]
The same thing you describe happens happily with some application combos on Apple's AppStore (when you reach the 300 on the number of apps installed, your risk of mixing unmixable apps is increased) and on Google Play Apps. I have had to uninstall one or other apps that made such effect and in one occasion, I had to reinstall the whole stack on my iPhone 3G.
Mozilla's web app store debuts in Firefox for Android Posted Oct 22, 2012 16:05 UTC (Mon) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] Sure, but to reach that state you need to install hundreds applications. And similarly with Firefox addons. In case of repos you don't need to install anything: add few PPAs, type "apt-get dist update; apt-get dist upgrade" and get your system completely hosed up.
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