Using Snappy Personal from Canonical to manage software
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Conclusion
Canonical has gone solo in recent years with Unity, Mir, and Upstart. None of these packages represents a definitive break with Debian; however, the departure from a common package format is a radical change. It appears to be a common principle that standard systems for package management cause problems for the developer when they are convenient for the user.
Even Linus Torvalds has complained about the level of effort required in offering packages for different systems. He has stated that the amount of work involved is the biggest obstacle standing in the way of success for Linux on the desktop. Naturally, it will be some years before migration to the new format under Ubuntu is complete. Even then, it remains to be seen whether other distributions will follow suit.
Infos
- Debian packages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb_%28file_format%29
- Dpkg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpkg
- Apt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool
- Click: http://beuno.com.ar/archives/334
- Snappy Ubuntu Core: https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/
- Delta files: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_encoding
- Poettering's essay: http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linux-systems.html
- Erle-Copter: http://erlerobotics.com/blog/erle-robotics-launches-ubuntu-snappy-core-drone/
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