[Axiom-developer] Re: pkgsrc

[Aleksej Saushev]

root <address@hidden> writes:

>>>I'd really like to push Axiom into the world, but I don't
>>>believe in tarballs or binary packages, other ways for Axiom
>>>to get into major distribution is pkgsrc (http://pkgsrc.org).
>>
>>I'm looking at pkgsrc now.
>
> I've looked around and there are several new interesting delivery
> options. In particular, look at:
>
> Zero Install <http://0install.net>
> Autopackage  <http://www.autopackage.org>
>
> Why do you prefer pkgsrc?

Because it is standard (comes with operating system), crossplatform
(I used it on FreeBSD, several GNU/Linux systems, Windows XP)
and, first of all, well-supported.