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RANT: "Ubuntu 64 bit - also available as a tarball for other Linux distributions." Linux requires THREE files (.deb, .rpm and a .tar) I personally use OpenSUS
by baldfat 10y ago
RANT: "Ubuntu 64 bit - also available as a tarball for other Linux distributions."
Linux requires THREE files (.deb, .rpm and a .tar) I personally use OpenSUSE and can easily compile the software BUT you are not "supporting" Linux when you only support Ubuntu.
- falcolas 10y agoSo, they have two out of three then. Does there appear to be any reason you couldn't use the .deb for Ubuntu on Debian? Perhaps someone would be willing to take the tarball and make a RPM file for him to host (or set up the tooling to make it dead simple for the author).
- baldfat 10y agoSo not supporting Redhat the #1 Linux commercial product is fine? The vast majority of commercial Linux is RPM based. The issue is they should just have it automatically build RPM with the DEB if you have a DEB it isn't diffecult to so a RPM.
- djsumdog 10y agoPackaging is hard. I personally use fpm and have found it solves a lot of issues. Does the rpm they provide not work on opensuse? Typically they bundle everything so it's not dependent on your system node. If not, there may be an opensuse build service that has a maintained sublime. I use Gentoo and they're portage overlays for Sublime, but I don't really care anymore as atom has gotten to the point where I prefer using it. It has all the features I had out of Sublime, plus it's free and open source.
- baldfat 10y agoThere is NO RPM and is the reason for the rant.