[Precisionix-General] Re: Package Manager
- From: daaawg <cdaaawg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: precisionix-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:02:11 -0700
Since I don't have a whole lot of experience with any of the other packaging
schemes, I am biased towards Debian's apt/dpkg/Synaptic. I guess I'm unclear
as to why you think a custom front end is needed for an update manager when
one exists that is already integrated with Synaptic on Ubuntu? The only
thing I would change about the apt/Synaptic scheme is maybe adding some tips
or instructions when Synaptic first opens up.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Andrew Sorensen <aos@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> While people are deciding about names and our target audience, id like
> to discuss package managers too, so far I thought we should use dpkg +
> apt, since it seems to be friendlier to use.
> Here is a list of choices we could do...
> RPM (we would need our own front end thing however, eg yum zypper...)
> Dpkg (allready got frontends for, and is advanced)
> other packagermanagers including:
> pacman (from arch linux)
> portage (from gentoo)
> and maybe our own package manager (note that this would take a long time
> to make)
>
> I'm thinking we should use dpkg + a frontend of our own, that would help
> with updates and upgrading versions of software. and use synaptic for
> advanced users, and something like gnome-app-install for newbs to
> install stuff.
>
> what do you suggest?
>
>
>
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