Hi > I'm not here to argue the pros and cons of > autopackage. > > The fact is autopackage has not convinced an > overwhelming majority of > Linux users yet, and therefore it would be stupid of > OpenOffice.org > (which is not in the Linux packaging market and only > wants to distribute > its stuff as widely as possible) to back autopackage > exclusively. Popularity shouldnt prevent anyone from using something if it suits them. autopackage is not yet "famous" because it is just about have a 1.0 release and will only maintain API/ABI stability from that point. btw many popular software like abiword,gimp, inkscape etc already have autopackaged versions Regards Rahul Sundaram __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/
