[packaging] Fwd: Comment #22: re LSB 4.0 Core beta specification

Jeff Johnson n3npq at mac.com
Wed Dec 31 08:07:36 PST 2008



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> From: Jeff Johnson <n3npq at mac.com>
> Date: December 31, 2008 11:06:52 AM EST
> To: Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com>
> Cc: devzero2000 <pinto.elia at gmail.com>, packaging at lists.linux-foundation.org
> Subject: Re: [packaging] Comment #22: re LSB 4.0 Core beta  
> specification
>
>
> On Dec 31, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Dan Kegel wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 6:50 AM, devzero2000 <pinto.elia at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> Yes, it was. The empty rpm was  a - bad - conseguence of the  
>>> proprietary
>>> Installer, Installshield.
>>
>> Gee, I must have blinked.  I didn't realize installshield already
>> generated rpms (even crappy ones).
>>
>> You won't have installshield's rpms to kick around much longer;
>> its rpm support seems to be end-of-lifed:
>> http://www.acresso.com/webdocuments/PDF/ds_ia_2008_vp1_en_ismp.pdf
>>
>
> I'm not interested in kicking anything.
>
> I am interested in eliminating RPM problems.
>
> I've looked deeply at InstallShield and IBM WebSphere,
> and would have been happy to help either party
> Get It Right rather than trying to retrofit hack-o-rounds
> bass-ackwards.
>
> I'm way way tired of watching Kittschy bad art, would rather
> just help fix whatever and move on.
>
> Also true for LSB packages btw. You think I *like*
> delivering the same comments I have been delivering for years?
>
>> They still sell InstallAnywhere, which says it "integrates" with RPM.
>> Another third party installer is Installbuilder.
>> Both were profiled last year in this review:
>> http://www.linux.com/feature/59544?theme=print
>>
>> Bitrock can either "integrate with" rpm or generate actual rpms.
>> http://bitrock.com/products_installbuilder_features.html
>>
>> Do they have representatives on this list?  It'd be interesting to
>> talk with those guys.   I'm downloading eval copies now to
>> play with them.
>
> And if you find a BitRock representative, *please* have them
> ask for RPM assistance if needed. Whether you think I'm a lunatic  
> (or not),
> I do have a decade's worth of experience with RPM.
>
> 73 de Jeff

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