Re: Gnome/Linux Application Installer

[Mark Galassi <rosalia cygnus com>]

    Jason> If some standard isn't decided on, I can see software
    Jason> developers eventually writing their own little install
    Jason> utilities.  (We are beginning to see this with things like
    Jason> StarOffice and WP8.)  Instead of making the same mistake
    Jason> Windows apps do (duplicating the damn InstallShield for
    Jason> every application), we should have _one_ copy of the
    Jason> installer/uninstall program that handles a common format.

    Jason> Comments/opinions?

Isn't the issue really one of RPM/dpkg convergence?