Re: LibO Install/Update ( was [tdf-discuss] Automatic Updates)

Le 2010-10-08 15:07, Scott Furry a écrit :
> As todd rme has suggested, there exists automated packaging tools. I had
> not run across that in my readings. I don't use openSUSE, but good to know.
>
> My original suggestions regarding a separate repository had been meant
> to avoid 'package purgatory' where the distributions would relegate LibO
> to, strictly for example, debian/unstable or debian/experimental. This
> may preclude the average user from finding and installing LibO to their
> computer.
>
> Even if there are build services available, the suggestion of packaging
> LibO , even if it was temporary, was to enable LibO availability for the
> average user. I'm under the assumption that distributions won't pick up
> LibO just because of what it once was. Sure, other distributions will
> apply their own stuff to the packaging (Ubuntu being the prime example)
> but can we put LibO *now* into the hands of the average user?
>
> The idea of a distinct and stand-alone updater was to allow for the
> different use cases with variable distribution/OS platforms, end use
> environment (single user vs group vs enterprise). The idea is not to
> build something from scratch, but to pull out the existing updater and
> make a standalone program. As a standalone program, it can be
> tweaked/altered/improved without affecting the revision of the main
> program as a whole.
>
> Regards,
> Scott Furry

Yes, this is what I understood from what you meant. Now, to me this 
makes sense. But is this possible, as you used as an example, the 
opendesktop.org system?

Marc

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