Re: [Stow-devel] Installing Software

[Jason Self]

Adam Spiers wrote:
> If you really need a package manager, is there some kind of licensing
> or philosophical issue which prevents you from just using rpm or dpkg?

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2012-04/msg00052.html

> how would such an OS release differ from the other distros out there?

My view is that this whole discussion is primarily about #1 and #2 from 
Karl's message.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2012-04/msg00083.html

Please remember that the goal of the GNU Project has always been to create 
the GNU Operating System. It seems that the GNU Project is finally (almost?)
in a position to make an official release. While there are derivatives of 
the GNU Operating System in use that doesn't (in my mind) automatically 
preclude The GNU Project from (finally) getting ready to release GNU 1.0.
That was the goal from 1983, if you'll recall.

Perhaps it could set a record for the longest time to release (30 years as 
of 2013.)

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