Distribution quotes of the week

The timing of it is very important, as most major distros would like to adopt some of the features that just became popular in the various new app markets and stores, such as screenshots, user comments and ratings. It looks like a lot of new code is about to be written, or a lot of existing code is about to gain quite a bit of popularity.

The fact is that it's still much easier to work on things in a corner. The funny thing is that people are generally not opposed to work together, far from it. When discussing low-level bits related to packaging systems, many would expect dpkg/apt developers and rpm/zypp developers to have some heated discussion just because we always hear confrontational stories here and there. The truth is that those stories are generally from users, and developers are generally happy to accept differences.