Re: Offline installer fails

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Yfrwlf <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> The problem is the existing common formats like DEB and RPM are too
>>> stupid and not set up right.  They lack the flexibility to be able to
>>> do things like installing multiple versions of the same library or
>>> the same program side-by-side, one of the causes of the syndrome of
>>> "Thou shalt only install ONE version of Firefox!  If you want a newer
>>> one, upgrade your entire OS!", which is just ludicrous. The point is,
>>> all *sorts* of hell is caused because of the Linux packaging mess,
>>> and it effects both devs and users in harmful ways. You standardize
>>> on an intelligent, featureful system, and everybody wins.
>>
>> Gentoo allows that. Gentoo is also 100% completely customizable to fit
>> even the most esoteric tastes. It even supports pre-compiled binary
>> packages. Why aren't you using it, then?
>
>
> I only use systems which are cross-distro.  You keep calling ZI yet another
> package manager, and I keep telling you that it isn't because it works on
> *any distro*, but you can't seem to grasp that.  It's what makes ZI unique.
>  Of course I can't force everyone to use the same package manager, but that
> isn't needed with ZI because it works alongside existing ones.  Buy hey,
> perpetuate the existing fragmented confusing world of Linux packaging and
> wait until everyone starts using the same package manager if you want
> (something that will never happen since distros want exclusive repositories
> to leverage their distro with, even if it hurts the Linux community).

So is there a ZI package yet?

Evan Daniel
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