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Of course, it is easy. When you're already assuming something like RSS feeds for app updates exists, don't you think it's possible to have an application downlo
by cschwarm 17y ago
Of course, it is easy. When you're already assuming something like RSS feeds for app updates exists, don't you think it's possible to have an application download them once a week and update all apps automatically? For an end-user, there's no difference to APT.
Also, you seem to misunderstand the point. To have a third kind of distribution -- "stable foundation and recent apps" -- doesn't affect your choice of distribution, at all. When you're satisfied with Gentoo, you simply continue using it.
- ori_b 17y ago> When you're already assuming something like RSS feeds for app updates exists, don't you think it's possible to have an application download them once a week and update all apps automatically? So where can I get this program you speak of? Why doesn't it exist? (edit: and if it doesn't exist because you don't even have RSS feeds, isn't it even harder than watching those and manually installing?)
- cschwarm 17y agoCheck Sparkle [1] as well as AppFresh [2] for MacOS. The former is even available under the MIT/X license. No need for central repositories when done right. [1] http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/ http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/ [2] http://metaquark.de/appfresh/ http://metaquark.de/appfresh/