snap - new universal linux packaging

[Dis93]

This sounds interesting. Not a replacement for package managers but better cross distro program distribution

http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-te ... e-apt-yum/

http://snapcraft.io/

Seems to imply processor architecture will be less relevant, or am I misreading it?

[fruitoftheloom]

This sounds interesting. Not a replacement for package managers but better cross distro program distribution

http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-te ... e-apt-yum/

http://snapcraft.io/

Seems to imply processor architecture will be less relevant, or am I misreading it?

Seems that one SNAP fits all could be feasible: http://snapcraft.io

[B.Goode]

Is this related to the Ubuntu Snappy Core OS for the RPi, which has been available since the RPi 2 Model B was released in Feb 2015?

https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/ ... erry-pi-2/

[fruitoftheloom]

Is this related to the Ubuntu Snappy Core OS for the RPi, which has been available since the RPi 2 Model B was released in Feb 2015?

https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/ ... erry-pi-2/

Unfortunately not, different ball game from Canonical

[W. H. Heydt]

It will only be "universal" if enough big distro companies adopt. Otherwise it is Yet Another Package Manager.

[B.Goode]

I just feel an impulse to link to an xkcd cartoon. It probably isn't relevant to the current topic...

http://xkcd.com/927/