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yanom
January 23rd, 2009, 11:41 PM
Why can't you packagers make Zero Install packages? It's supposed to be really easy.
Sophont
January 24th, 2009, 08:08 AM
I'm sure they could - but it's extra effort.

So for starters why don't you provide a reason why anybody should do it?

If a package is in the repository - what extra advantage do we get from having all those thousands of packages in Yet-Another-Package-Format?
yanom
January 24th, 2009, 07:35 PM
ZeroInstall is available on all distros, so we can help those who don't use Debian distros like Ubuntu
Sophont
January 25th, 2009, 08:54 PM
True - but when you say "we" you actually meant somebody else - right? ;-)

It costs effort. Somebody has to do it. Starting a thread and telling people to do it is cheap.
bruce89
January 26th, 2009, 10:52 PM
Packaging has nothing to do with upstream projects. You can help all distros by doing work in the upstream projects.
yanom
January 28th, 2009, 08:28 PM
I might make some zeroinstall packages... but I don't know what to package.
3rdalbum
February 1st, 2009, 08:16 AM
I might make some zeroinstall packages... but I don't know what to package.

Here's a suggestion for you. Go to www.getdeb.net and look at the programs that they package. Start by packaging the things that they package.