Re: [linux-distros-dev] A bit of a reboot

[Andrew Overholt <overholt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

* Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@xxxxxxxxxx> [2008-09-01 05:08]:
> Andrew Overholt wrote:
> 
> honest, I prefer updates sites to RPMs as it more the "Eclipse" way  
> (imo). I wonder if these is a way to mesh them together?

We're never going to avoid either method of installation.  There are
potential points of integration with p2 and PackageKit.

>> 2. Have an actual release!  Then we won't be the bad Eclipse project who
>>    never really followed the processes :)
>
> A Linux tools based release separate from the distribution releases  
> would be neat. Then we could follow a feature path instead of a Fedora 9  
> or Ubuntu release path. The big drawback with distribution release paths  
> is the functionality of the different Eclipse Linux Tools is not  
> consistent across distributions.

Do you mean the specfile editor vs. the lack of a .deb/whatever editor?

> Thanks for asking, and starting the conversation!

Thanks for participating, Phil!

Andrew