-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/03/13 04:58, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Neal Becker wrote: >> http://0install.net/ > > This project has been ongoing for years. Nobody cared back then and > nothing has really changed since then, because: > >> Seems like an interesting concept. > > No. This completely throws away all the advantages of GNU/Linux > package repositories, in particular, shared and automatically > resolved dependencies. There is some support for using distribution > libraries, but the more the 0install package relies on them, the > less it benefits from the purported advantages of 0install > (cross-distribution portability, non-root installation etc.). So in > practice you'll end up with A LOT of bundled libraries. > >> Don't know how it might apply to Fedora > > Not at all. > 0install can also resolve dependencies using 0install feeds. In practice the level of bundling is, I'd say, less than in, say, OS X. I agree that I'd not say it's ready for packaging an entire distribution, but for specific desktop applications it might be worth a look. You can install it by using 'yum install zeroinstall-injector', by the way - -- Michel Alexandre Salim Fedora Project Contributor: http://fedoraproject.org/ Email: salimma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | GPG key ID: A36A937A Jabber: hircus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | IRC: hircus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRNtbPAAoJEEr1VKujapN6Q8AIAIDPL0VmtVYnDtft/6yhAzo/ ZADAWnLvlTYKNeB2jJsXYxPSvIJrxAAQn5uuPn33OyTVmc9hArm5+MkkyK/wBTPI EaSrBRD3bx7yr6cTrdRJauTrkrdi0ZQyjTMZjIN/8KnReH5CK3EcJ/u75A+r8y9y W9eerYK83g8Pbl8z0D1yOh/cfsYNFmB/PzwiSpgfGiJ3q+82TdIfm3BvZwVraO3G 4y15CClnzUCZStHK1BExatis9jMlJ3P57SilAFx6P+jxGx2/wlw0HyiOcEDNN2PN hRUMjpL9Kt9gZB1v7BH+hdi5jfgF+pzjJDBbfAWf6hsRwaAPyYyQaq3CO0maa0U= =TX78 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
