Why don't more *nix dev's...

[richardebaker at pathsecurity.com (Richard Baker)]

I see the point for package managers... but wouldn't it be "better" or speed
adoption if the packages self-managed and then is no reason to have the .deb
vs. .rpm vs. ect... normal users dont want to remember how to un-tar...
windows and mac make it simple... click here to install... drag to the
applications folder... maybe im crazy

-REB

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/12/5 Richard Baker <richardebaker at pathsecurity.com>:
> > Why don't more *nix dev's...
> > Write rolled up install scripts... like the installer for VMware
> Player...
> > One .sh file that has all the needed elements rolled up in it uuencoded
> > directly in the script...
> > I know *nix users like to "have control" but doesn't it make sense??> or
> am
> > I off base...
> > Sanity Check??
>
> Isn't that what distributions and their package managers are for?
>
> Robin
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