[openbeos] Re: Haiku software site

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:46:25 +0100 (MET)

"Waldemar Kornewald" <wkornewald@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 1/17/07, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Yeesh. Sometimes I can't even write a complete thought. What a 
> > > meant
> > > was that all that we really have is Zip, and while there are some
> > > things package-related in the works for R2, I can't help but 
> > > wonder
> > > if it needs to be sooner than that.
> > Yes, but since it will take a long time until we may have settled 
> > on a
> > feature set and the specifics, I would argue it makes a lot of 
> > sense to
> > just adopt SoftwareValet packages for now, and have something 
> > better *
> > after* R1.
> Didn't we want to have app bundles for R2 (and packages for complex 
> installs)?

Define "we" :-)
Packet management requires a lot of thought and features, and OS X-like 
app bundles certainly only solve some problems (and introduce a bunch 
of others).

Bye,
   Axel.


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