Re: New Stack article on packaging
On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 04:06:57PM -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I am researching a story comparing traditional package formats with
> Flatpak/Snap.
>
> Several Debian developers tell me that what makes Debian what it is is
> not the .deb format but the packaging policy. Anyone care to expand on
> that, or comment on traditional vs. universal packages?
Hello Bruce,
To be short:
The goal of Debian policy is to allow packages to interoperate.
The goal of containerized packages is the opposite: having independent
packages that do not interfer with each others.
This is rather opposite goals.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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