Thoughts on Package Management
Dec 14, 2007, 00:15 (2 Talkback[s])
"Distros have changed. In the past, they were made up of a
small, tightly knit group collaborators working toward a common
goal. With distributions today we now have an informal, large group
of collaborators... some of which may not even be aware of the main
goal of the distro. That informal collaborator may just want
package foo version 2.2 included in his/her distribution so that
he/she can use it on their desktop. How does that informal
collaborator become empowered? How can the developers reap what
that collaborator sows and harness the collective collaboration of
thousands of informal contributors? The answer for many software
projects is version control. But how can this system benefit
package management...?"
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