[plug] Easy Installation: Linux Desktop Market

[John Knight]

>To some of us, not voicing concerns that certain ideas could lead to
>trouble for others or that their proponents might be wasting their time
>is downright immoral.

Aside from not seeing the source (which should be available on the project's 
site or in the tarball), what's the real security difference between a 
.package and a tarball or non-repository rpm/deb? No one really whinges much 
about outside rpms and debs (I'm sure they're about to though!). My concern 
isn't from people voicing their worries, it's quite healthy really, adds to 
features and todo list, etc., my concern is people's instant dismissal. The 
fact that you are voicing your concerns I like and is the kind of discussion 
I was hoping to bring about. The difference is that you're not merely giving 
autopackage the brush off. :)


> > Why would a new user
> > be interested in idiotic debian-slackware-rpm wars?
>
>Who said they should be? Package management incompatibility may well be
>a significant problem, and I'm sure there could be improvements in
>front-end applications, but that does not incriminate the package
>management concept as such.

Well said. :) I don't want to incriminate the package management, it 
provides the base! It's like having fuel without a car, to use a poor 
analogy! ;)