Re: What's "package based mentality" and why is it bad?

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>]

On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Nikita Churaev <lamefun x0r gmail com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 15:19 +0200, Rui Tiago Cação Matos wrote:
> > On 22 May 2013 14:52, Nikita Churaev <lamefun x0r gmail com> wrote:
> > > http://www.gnome.org/news/2013/03/gnome-3-8-jon-mccann-talks-of-future-in-gnome
> > >
> > > ...We've reached the end of the utility of the package based mentality
> > > that has been effective at getting us to where we are now...
> > >
> > > What does "package based mentality" mean and why is it bad?
> >
> > Read these two Ingo Molnar posts for a "non-GNOME" perspective on the issue:
> >
> > https://plus.google.com/u/0/109922199462633401279/posts/HgdeFDfRzNe
> > https://plus.google.com/u/0/109922199462633401279/posts/VSdDJnscewS
> >
> > Rui
>
> Why can't the situation be improved without removing dependency
> resolution and system-wide libraries? Isn't this the problem of
> standardization and unification? Eg. if all distributions used RPM

Where is this world where all distros agree on everything, including
package managers? I would really want to rather live in that world.

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Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124