Autopackage Universal Package Manager

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 2, 2005 @09:31AM from the i-love-packaging-managers dept.

nanday writes "I currently have an article on Linux.com about Autopackage. Autopackage is developing a universal package manager for the GNU/Linux desktop, separate from the package management for the system. It includes installation for individual users, a lot of concern for interface design and documentation, and some ideas about the future of package management that are sure to raise some debate." From the article: "Besides ... technical problems, the Autopackage team believes that managing system and desktop software together is a mistake. It requires developers to pay attention to desktop applications that are of secondary importance to them, and confuses end users with problems about dependencies and upgrades." Linux.com is a sister site to Slashdot. (say that three times fast)

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Not exactly loved by the distro people... by keesh · 2005-12-02 10:09 · Score: 5, Informative

Autopackage is not exactly loved by the distro people. See commentary from Gentoo, Debian, more Debian... Might be wise to keep those remarks in mind when considering using Autopackage packages on a distribution...