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April foolishness from the EFF

MortenSickel — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:02:04 +0000

who will manage to package the package manager manager?

April foolishness from the EFF

cmccabe — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:47:32 +0000

But who will write the package manager manager manager?

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salimma — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:22:00 +0000

PackageKit already acts as a meta-package-manager on top of deb/apt, rpm/yum etc. And with distros now working on a user-friendly "app store" interface, the difference in naming convention between distros wouldn't matter too much in the future.

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jjs — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:34:32 +0000

So they're copying Windows? cant do anything?

April foolishness from the EFF

rsidd — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 06:11:38 +0000

Parrot started off as an April Fool joke. That was the GP's point.

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Tara_Li — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:54:54 +0000

Wasn't that what Conary is/was all about?

And isn't Parrot on the road to being the One VM To Run Them All?

April foolishness from the EFF

Hausvib6 — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:33:06 +0000

That would be impressive. A package manager capable of managing things like those distros yet synced. Creating the package manager is one thing, maintaining it... well.. who knows.

World domination will be several steps closer.

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furbearntrout — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:26:07 +0000

They plan to keep the syntax the same "cant update, cant install, cant remove, cant purge", etc. :D

April foolishness from the EFF

rsidd — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:46:12 +0000

Distros have merged before, but this one would require merging package managers. (Four different ones!)

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Tara_Li — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:57:32 +0000

Re: The Canterbury Project - Am I smelling Parrot droppings somewhere? Beware the April Fools jokes you make - they may come back to compile you.