Auto Package

[Mike Hearn]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:24:50 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Hoary has been in a state of freeze for months now.  The fact that these
> applications are held at older versions is intentional and beneficial for
> stabilization.

Yes, I understand that. But stabilisation is not solving a users problem,
it's solving a distribution development problem.
 
> If an application is simple enough to be packaged by autopackage, then
> it is scarcely more work to package it properly, and this provides a
> base for future work on the package.  

Well, ignoring whether a deb is more "proper" than anything else, the
trick is *will* it be packaged? Developers can produce autopackages that
work for anybody, but the existence of a Debian/Ubuntu package depends on
finding a Debian/Ubuntu user who knows how to package software, wants to
and who also has access rights to do so. 

Random example: glom doesn't seem to have any package, but has existed for
years.

> That may be the only way that you can see, but there are many ways, and
> we intend to explore them.  We are well aware of the potential problems
> that you describe.

Care to share what these ways are? I'm always open to new ideas.

thanks -mike