-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/04/2013 02:15 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Stephen Gallagher > <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> And, by the way, we've been supporting this kind of model with >>> pip and gem already, so I really don't get why all the fuss >>> when suddenly we want to do it with the desktop applications. >>> >> >> Please don't use pip and gem as "positive" examples... they have >> a habit of conflicting with the installed system that is an >> additional problem we may hope to solve with this. > > It's worth pointing out that they're positive examples to the > developers using them. They want to work on their applications > and not have to fight against the distro's versions. And those > developers are particularly the ones being targeted with > containerized apps. So equating the two in a positive light > probably isn't a bad idea. Those developers care about their apps. > They don't care about the distros. Maybe just phrase it as "this is > like pip and gem, but without the conflict headaches." Sorry, I phrased that poorly (and you covered what I meant to say). I basically just meant "don't hold these up as the ideals for what we're trying to do". -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJ38rwACgkQeiVVYja6o6OAjgCfXy4liGhrV4hi7TO3G7QETE6G sm8AoLGNWfEYFAWbdkB0nzJELS5iOe7X =xncG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
