Re: GNUSTEP/linux

[Tim Harrison]

On Friday, Feb 7, 2003, at 15:53 Canada/Eastern, BALATON Zoltan wrote:

> I agree that if there is a more elegant way to do it we should go for
> that but in this specific case I don't see a big problem. It may be a
> problem for non rpm based distributions or different operating systems
> however.

Okay, granted the topic refers specifically to Linux, but you've opened 
the field here. :)

GNUstep runs on many other systems, so why limit this to RPM?  Most 
large projects release RPM, tar.gz, and maybe .DEB.  Why not provide 
packages for the major types of systems, and then <shameless plug> use 
LSPM </shameless plug> to manage the GNUstep aspect of packages.

That way, you could also provide packages for Solaris, IRIX, the BSDs, 
and even *gack* Windows, if need be.

Just a thought.


Tim Harrison
tim@linuxstep.org
http://www.linuxstep.org/