Re: Installing Software

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Adam Spiers wrote:
> If you really need a package manager, is there some kind of licensing
> or philosophical issue which prevents you from just using rpm or dpkg?

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2012-04/msg00052.html

> how would such an OS release differ from the other distros out there?

My view is that this whole discussion is primarily about #1 and #2 from=20
Karl's message.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2012-04/msg00083.html

Please remember that the goal of the GNU Project has always been to create=
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the GNU Operating System. It seems that the GNU Project is finally (almost?)
in a position to make an official release. While there are derivatives of=
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the GNU Operating System in use that doesn't (in my mind) automatically=20
preclude The GNU Project from (finally) getting ready to release GNU 1.0.
That was the goal from 1983, if you'll recall.

Perhaps it could set a record for the longest time to release (30 years as=
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of 2013.)

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