On 16.06.2016 18:28, Scott Bahling wrote:
On Thu, 2016-06-16 at 10:16 +0200, stakanov@freenet.de wrote:
Carlos. Aren't you underestimating the normative power of the industry and the capital here? If you offer it and (although bringing a higher security risk to the user) if it is easier to prepare packages in this format for all distribution, I will simply not offer anything else anymore. Because it is cheaper and, as a result, I maximize my profit. If there are problems with security as a producer of software it is even better: one blame it on the distribution and on the OS. For me that system has a great future. :-)
So how many rpm based applications are you using today on openSUSE that are delivered by "the industry"?
I would love to have more choice. There is a lot of cross platform code out there appearing on Mac and Win but not on Linux. The packaging topic is big hurdle for the industry, as packaging is difficult, time consuming and very distro depending. And you have to do it for the minority of your users. For our ownCloud desktop client, we see > 90% downloads of the windows version. As a "industry" vendor you need to 'package' for win and mac anyway. And you do it only once for each. Doing it in a responsible way for Linux is a expensive thing, so it is dropped quickly by the deciders. Any idea that eases this would be great for Linux I think. Any kind of compromise between proper packaging and less complexity and diversity between the distros... I dont know if snap is a good step in that direction yet. Klaas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org