[OT] Weaknesses of distro package managers - was Re: Python 2 to 3 conversion - embrace the pain

[Alexander]

Hi all,

Surely you did not look at the package manager and package assortment of
OpenBSD.

It is actually a really good example of how package repository can be both
reliable, easy to use and up to date.

Also, what sort of quality can be expected from a piece of software, whose
author is unable to package it properly (or to design it, so it can be
packaged)?



On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 03/16/2015 08:40 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Thanks again. This is an important and difficult problem, with competing
> > forces at play, and I am not at all satisfied with the current state of
> > packaging.
>
> I agree.  Though I like the concept of package managers and curated
> repos, compared to the dismal world of Windows, I also am not very
> satisfied with the current state of things.
>
> That's why I think the ideas coming out of this Red Hat think tank are
> interesting and worth discussion.  They put forth a possible solution
> that keeps the existing things we love about package managers and our
> distros of choice, while addressing these important issues in a
> maintainable, flexible, and still secure way.
>
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