Comments on: And the OLPC (XO) hits just keep on coming http://www.j5live.com/2006/11/11/and-the-olpc-xo-hits-just-keep-on-coming/ Where the urethane hits the pavement Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:34:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J5 http://www.j5live.com/2006/11/11/and-the-olpc-xo-hits-just-keep-on-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-8563 J5 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:30:26 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=278#comment-8563 actually no, we are not looking to recreate RPM and DEB. Deps would basicly be depending on a revision of the base system. Of course if we find this is not working we could move to doing dep resolution but right now we think it significantly makes things more complicated. actually no, we are not looking to recreate RPM and DEB. Deps would basicly be depending on a revision of the base system. Of course if we find this is not working we could move to doing dep resolution but right now we think it significantly makes things more complicated.

]]> By: Michel http://www.j5live.com/2006/11/11/and-the-olpc-xo-hits-just-keep-on-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-8562 Michel Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:42:02 +0000 http://www.j5live.com/?p=278#comment-8562 The application bundle concept sounds really cool. Presumably it will have dependency-handling built-in? I'm thinking something of this form: App.xo |-- deps.xml |-- binary |-- icons/ |-- libs/ |-- share/ with the application directory monitored for changes; drop a new application in and Nautilus will scan deps.xml for any prerequisites that's not yet installed and offer to install it. That way we can have OS X-style ease-of-use without their application bloat (since a lot of the .app bundles there just ship all the libraries they can't assume the user will have) The application bundle concept sounds really cool. Presumably it will have dependency-handling built-in? I’m thinking something of this form:

App.xo
|– deps.xml
|– binary
|– icons/
|– libs/
|– share/

with the application directory monitored for changes; drop a new application in and Nautilus will scan deps.xml for any prerequisites that’s not yet installed and offer to install it.

That way we can have OS X-style ease-of-use without their application bloat (since a lot of the .app bundles there just ship all the libraries they can’t assume the user will have)

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