On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:59:16 -0800 "John P. Fisher" <john.fisher@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > 3) I guess if I could wave a wand, I'd have a set of common fundamental > libraries that get shared and maintain compatibility between distro > releases, and everything else would be handled by the applications > themselves. Maybe this is plain dumb, but it sure would be easier for me... I'd just have every single app have its very own versions of every library it needs with a reaper that runs around at low priority hard-linking the ones that are identical :-).