____/ Peter Köhlmann on Friday 24 August 2007 18:24 : \____
> [H]omer wrote:
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> Glick brings better standalone application bundles to Linux
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Glick allows developers to store an entire program and all of its
>>> | associated data in a single self-contained ELF executable
>>
>> No, no, no, no, no, no ... and *no*.
>>
>> Linux is *not* Windows for /a reason/. Lack of self-propagating Malware
>> is just one of them.
>>
>> This is the mother of all bad ideas.
>>
>
> Not necessarily. It is one attempt among others to use the "package"
> principle of OSX on linux too.
> Not a way I would prefer to install my apps, but different users, different
> choices
True.
Other packaging projects such as this already exist. There must be like a dozen
(or more) separate projects now.
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